Patents by Inventor Aata EL HAMSS

Aata EL HAMSS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240107549
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines PDCCH candidates. For a slot, the WTRU determines a number of valid PDCCH candidates associated with at least one search space based on a number of designated search spaces associated with the WTRU in the slot, a type of the search space, a priority associated with the search space, a number of required CCE channel estimates associated with the search space, a maximum number of PDCCH candidates in a slot, and a number of control resource sets (CORESETs) associated with the slot. The WTRU may then attempt to decode CCEs in the at least one search space to recover a PDCCH associated with the WTRU. The WTRU may drop PDCCH candidates from the search space when the number of PDCCH exceeds a maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Patrick Tooher, Paul Marinier, Aata El Hamss, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240080142
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and systems for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) enhancement in wireless communications are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications includes identifying a codebook process from a set of codebook processes based on a first indication, associating a set of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback with the identified codebook process, maintaining the set of bits associated with the identified codebook process based on a condition, receiving a second indication to transmit the set of bits associated with the identified codebook process, and transmitting the set of bits based on the second indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Aata El Hamss, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher, Faris Alfarhan, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240080806
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for sidelink communication in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). For example, a first WTRU configured with first and second resource pools may perform at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool. The first resource pool may be configured for use by the first WTRU for transmission of the first data. The second resource pool may be configured for use by a second WTRU for transmission of the second data associated with a higher priority than the first data. If the at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool is below a predetermined threshold, the first WTRU may transmit the first data using the first resource pool. If the at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool is above a predetermined threshold, the first US may not transmit the first data using the first resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino M. Freda, Tuong Duc Hoang, Tao Deng, Aata El Hamss, Benoit Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240056997
    Abstract: A method performed by a first Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) may comprise requesting support from one or more potential assistant WTRUs (A-WTRUs); receiving a response message from one or more potential A-WTRUs, wherein the response message includes information indicating a coverage status within a network of the one or more potential A-WTRUs; determining, based on the received response messages, a set of A-WTRUs from the one or more potential A-WTRUs; determining, based on the coverage status of each one of the determined set of A-WTRUs, a synchronization source; and reporting, to the determined set of A-WTRUs, the determined synchronization source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Tuong Hoang, Fumihiro Hasegawa, Jaya Rao, Moon IL Lee, Paul Marinier, Ghyslain Pelletier, Aata El Hamss
  • Patent number: 11902032
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and systems for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) enhancement in wireless communications are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications includes identifying a codebook process from a set of codebook processes based on a first indication, associating a set of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback with the identified codebook process, maintaining the set of bits associated with the identified codebook process based on a condition, receiving a second indication to transmit the set of bits associated with the identified codebook process, and transmitting the set of bits based on the second indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Aata El Hamss, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher, Faris Alfarhan, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Patent number: 11877296
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines PDCCH candidates. For a slot, the WTRU determines a number of valid PDCCH candidates associated with at least one search space based on a number of designated search spaces associated with the WTRU in the slot, a type of the search space, a priority associated with the search space, a number of required CCE channel estimates associated with the search space, a maximum number of PDCCH candidates in a slot, and a number of control resource sets (CORESETs) associated with the slot. The WTRU may then attempt to decode CCEs in the at least one search space to recover a PDCCH associated with the WTRU. The WTRU may drop PDCCH candidates from the search space when the number of PDCCH exceeds a maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Patrick Tooher, Paul Marinier, Aata El Hamss, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240015686
    Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving PRS configuration information and performing a first set of measurements based on the PRS configuration. The method may further comprise determining whether to trigger an on-demand PRS request based on the first set of measurements and on-demand PRS criteria. On a condition that the determining to trigger is affirmative, transmitting an on-demand PRS request. In embodiments, the on-demand PRS criteria may be based on an RSRP, TDoA, number of multipaths, accuracy and/or latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jaya Rao, Fumihiro Hasegawa, Moon IL Lee, Aata El Hamss, Tuong Hoang, Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier, Janet Stern-Berkowitz
  • Publication number: 20230388931
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive/transmit data by employing a discontinuous reception cycle, which may include an awake state and a sleep state. For example, while in an awake state, a WTRU may monitor a PDCCH for a subset of time instances. During the remaining time instances, the WTRU may enter a sleep state, in which the WTRU may switch its receiving circuitry off (e.g., to reduce power consumption). A WTRU may receive (e.g., may expect to receive) one or more transmissions, during an awake state, before entering a sleep state. The durations of an awake state and/or the durations of subsequent sleep states may be determined based on whether the WTRU receives a transmission during the awake state and/or what the transmission was for. The WTRU may modify the value of a sleep state timer based on previous sleep state and/or awake state timer values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Patrick Tooher, Paul Marinier, Ghyslain Pelletier, Faris Alfarhan, Aata El Hamss
  • Publication number: 20230379925
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for transferring data with different reliabilities. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured with a first modulation and coding set (MCS) table and a second MCS table. The WTRU monitors for a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). If the WTRU detects a first value for the RNTI, data is transferred with a first reliability. If the WTRU detects a second value for the RNTI, data is transferred with a second reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier, Faris Alfarhan, Aata El Hamss
  • Publication number: 20230370903
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for determining whether sidelink resources of a sidelink radio bearer are available, and for reserving resources of any number of sidelink radio bearers for transmission of periodic data are provided. The method includes determining any of a size, a period, or a pattern of a resource reservation for periodic data that is to be transmitted by the WTRU via the sidelink radio bearer; determining sidelink resources available for transmission of the periodic data via any number of sidelink radio bearers; and transmitting a message including the resource reservation including information indicating reservation of the available sidelink resources for transmission of the periodic data by the WTRU according to any of the size, the period, or the pattern of a resource reservation, wherein the message includes any of a bearer identifier (ID) or Quality of Service (QoS) information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino Freda, Tuong Hoang, Tao Deng, Aata El Hamss
  • Publication number: 20230354327
    Abstract: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell). The WTRU may be configured to determine a time duration for PDCCH candidate budgets for a set of symbols based on a subcarrier spacing associated with the PCell and a subcarrier spacing associated with the SCell. The WTRU may be configured to determine a maximum number of PDCCH candidates to allocate to a search space monitoring occasion of the PCell and the SCell. The maximum number of PDCCH candidates may be based on a per-cell ratio. The WTRU may be configured to allocate PDCCH candidates for the search space monitoring occasion of the PCell and the search space monitoring occasion of the SCell based on the determined maximum number of PDCCH candidates. The WTRU may be configured to decode an allocated PDCCH candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Aata El Hamss, Paul Marinier, Faris Alfarhan, Ghyslain Pelletier
  • Patent number: 11800490
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for sidelink communication in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). For example, a first WTRU configured with first and second resource pools may perform at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool. The first resource pool may be configured for use by the first WTRU for transmission of the first data. The second resource pool may be configured for use by a second WTRU for transmission of the second data associated with a higher priority than the first data. If the at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool is below a predetermined threshold, the first WTRU may transmit the first data using the first resource pool. If the at least one congestion measurement of the second resource pool is above a predetermined threshold, the first US may not transmit the first data using the first resource pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino M. Freda, Tuong Duc Hoang, Tao Deng, Aata El Hamss, Benoit Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20230337225
    Abstract: A device (e.g., a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)) may determine which information (e.g., among multiple transport blocks (TBs)) to be sent on resource(s) of a physical uplink channel (PUCCH) transmission occasion of a configured grant (CG). In an example, the device may receive configuration information. The configuration information may indicate a resource associated with the CG. The device may determine whether to transmit (e.g., on the resource associated with CG) first information of a first TB or second information of a second TB based on one or more of downlink feedback information (DPI) reception, a reason why information of a TB (e.g., the first TB or the second TB) has not been sent in a prior transmission, and a nature of the content (e.g., control information vs. data) in the TB. The first TB may comprise the first information and the second TB may comprise the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Faris Alfarhan, J. Patrick Tooher, Aata El Hamss, Dylan Watts
  • Publication number: 20230328648
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for power saving in a wireless network are disclosed. A Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) may comprise a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor may determine a processing state pertaining to behavior of the WTRU and determine a minimum amount of resources to be processed for one or more sets of physical resources based on the determined processing state. Each respective set of physical resources may comprise resources in time, and any of frequency or space. For each respective set of physical resources, the time may comprise a frame structure associated with a numerology applicable to the respective set of physical resources, the frequency may comprise any of a frequency location, a bandwidth, or the numerology, and the space may comprise one or more beams. The processor may process the determined minimum amount of resources of the one of more sets of physical resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Martino Freda, Ghyslain Pelletier, Tao Deng, Paul Marinier, Yugeswar Deenoo, Aata El Hamss
  • Publication number: 20230327934
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to performing a change of relay are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit an information for requesting a peak reduction tone (PRT) configuration for reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR). In an embodiment, the WTRU may receive an indication of frequency resources to be used for transmitting a PRT signal based on the PRT configuration. In an embodiment, the WTRU may transmit the PRT signal in the frequency resources in addition to an uplink (UL) transmission, wherein the frequency resources for the PRT signal may be allocated based on a set of frequency resources allocated to the UL transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Aata El Hamss, Paul Marinier, Moon IL Lee, Janet Stern-Berkowitz, Virgil Comsa, Fumihiro Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20230308228
    Abstract: Systems methods and devices for transmitting a transport block (TB) over multiple slots. A first grant associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process in a first set of slots is received. A first subset of the first set of slots is determined to be available, and a second subset of the first set of slots is determined to be unavailable, for uplink transmission. The TB is segmented into a first segment and a second segment in response to the determination. The first segment is transmitted in the first subset of the first set of slots. A second grant associated with the HARQ process is received to transmit the TB in a second set of slots. The second segment of the TB is transmitted in the second set of slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Faris Alfarhan, Aata El Hamss, Fumihiro Hasegawa, Paul Marinier
  • Publication number: 20230309142
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described herein. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes a receiver, processor, and a transceiver. The receiver is configured to receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information that includes a WTRU-specific fixed frame period (FFP) and one or more configured grant (CG) resources. The processor is configured to determine whether to transmit data using a first CG resource of the one or more CG resources and whether to use either the B S-initiated channel occupancy time (COT) or a WTRU-initiated COT. The processor further performs a listen before talk (LBT) based on the COT the WTRU determined to use; and on a condition that the LBT was successful, a transmitter configured to transmit the data and uplink control information (UCI) in the first CG resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Tooher, Aata El Hamss, Faris Alfarhan, Dylan Watts
  • Patent number: 11758554
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for transferring data with different reliabilities. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured with a first modulation and coding set (MCS) table and a second MCS table. The WTRU monitors for a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). If the WTRU detects a first value for the RNTI, data is transferred with a first reliability. If the WTRU detects a second value for the RNTI, data is transferred with a second reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier, Paul Marinier, Faris Alfarhan, Aata El Hamss
  • Patent number: 11758439
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for determining whether sidelink resources of a sidelink radio bearer are available, and for reserving resources of any number of sidelink radio bearers for transmission of periodic data are provided. The method includes determining any of a size, a period, or a pattern of a resource reservation for periodic data that is to be transmitted by the WTRU via the sidelink radio bearer; determining sidelink resources available for transmission of the periodic data via any number of sidelink radio bearers; and transmitting a message including the resource reservation including information indicating reservation of the available sidelink resources for transmission of the periodic data by the WTRU according to any of the size, the period, or the pattern of a resource reservation, wherein the message includes any of a bearer identifier (ID) or Quality of Service (QoS) information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino Freda, Tuong Hoang, Tao Deng, Aata El Hamss
  • Patent number: 11722960
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for power saving in a wireless network are disclosed. A Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) may comprise a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor may determine a processing state pertaining to behavior of the WTRU and determine a minimum amount of resources to be processed for one or more sets of physical resources based on the determined processing state. Each respective set of physical resources may comprise resources in time, and any of frequency or space. For each respective set of physical resources, the time may comprise a frame structure associated with a numerology applicable to the respective set of physical resources, the frequency may comprise any of a frequency location, a bandwidth, or the numerology, and the space may comprise one or more beams. The processor may process the determined minimum amount of resources of the one of more sets of physical resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino M Freda, Ghyslain Pelletier, Tao Deng, Paul Marinier, Yugeswar Deenoo, Aata El Hamss