Patents by Inventor Alberto RICO ALVARINO

Alberto RICO ALVARINO 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: 20240098307
    Abstract: An example device for presenting media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive a first set of media data of a media bitstream; in response to determining that a second set of media data of the media bitstream following the first set of media data will not be received within a period of time, predictively generate replacement media data for the second set of media data using at least a subset of the first set of media data; and present the first set of media data and the replacement media data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Thomas Stockhammer, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Imed Bouazizi
  • Publication number: 20240098843
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, via a first cell, multicast radio bearer (MRB) configuration information indicating one or more MRB configurations for receiving multicast communications. The UE may receive, via a second cell, a multicast communication based at least in part on an MRB configuration of the one or more MRB configurations. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Prasad Reddy KADIRI, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Umesh PHUYAL, Le LIU, Xipeng ZHU, Miguel GRIOT, Haris ZISIMOPOULOS, Masato KITAZOE, Kazuki TAKEDA, Dario Serafino TONESI
  • Publication number: 20240098760
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein relate to transmission of a multicast message via a common frequency resource (CFR) in a full duplex slot. The CFR may be positioned within the downlink bandwidth parts (BWP)s configured for a group of user equipments (UE)s such that each UE in the group may monitor for and receive the multicast message. The network may indicate the frequency position of the CFR to the group of UEs. The frequency resources (e.g., the resource blocks) configured for downlink for a UE may be different between half duplex slots and full duplex slots. The network and the UE may determine the active CFR for a full duplex slot based on the resources configured for the full duplex slot. The UE may monitor for and receive a multicast transmission in the active CFR in the full duplex slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Publication number: 20240098677
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a network entity, a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP) capabilities message, the LPP capabilities message including one or more capability parameters indicating capabilities of the UE to engage in a positioning session with at least one network node, the positioning session comprising an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) ranging procedure between the UE and the at least one network node, receives, from the network entity, an LPP assistance data message, the LPP assistance data message including one or more assistance parameters configuring the UE to perform at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure, and performs at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure based at least on the one or more assistance parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuki TAKEDA, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Chiranjib SAHA, Ayan SENGUPTA, Alexandros MANOLAKOS
  • Publication number: 20240098671
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a set of time-frequency resources for one or more cell detection signals (CDS) associated with a pseudo-random sequence, where the pseudo-random sequence and the set of time-frequency resources are indicated by an output of a pseudo-random function (PRF) that is based on a timing parameter, a cell identifier (ID), and a shared key. Accordingly, the UE may communicate with a network entity via a cell associated with the cell ID based on receiving the one or more CDS. The UE may also exchange one or more messages with the network entity, and may perform a time calibration procedure based on the one or more messages and a delay threshold of the UE. The one or more messages may indicate an ID of the UE, a cryptographic number, a time interval, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Kazuki Takeda, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Le Liu, Javier Rodriguez Fernandez, Xiao Feng Wang, Umesh Phuyal, Edward George Tiedemann, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240098759
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, an indication of a set of time resource common to a set of UEs and available for communication of a multicast transmission from the network entity to two or more of the set of UEs, where the two or more of the set of UEs includes the UE, and where the set of time resources are a subset of a plurality of time resources of a carrier configured for the UE. The UE may receive, from the network entity, a grant for the multicast transmission and the multicast transmission over a subset of the set of resources, where the subset of the set of time resources is determined based on scheduling information associated with the grant and the indication of the set of time resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Patent number: 11937236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an acknowledgment feedback configuration for providing feedback for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink shared channels (e.g., SPS group-common physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), SPS unicast PDSCHs, etc.). For example, the acknowledgment feedback configuration may include separate resources for transmitting acknowledgment feedback for unicast downlink shared channels and for transmitting acknowledgment feedback for group-common downlink shared channels or may include common resources for transmitting acknowledgment feedback for both unicast downlink shared channels and group-common downlink shared channels. In some examples, the UE may multiplex acknowledgment feedback for a set of group-common downlink shared channels with additional acknowledgment feedback for other downlink channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Le Liu, Kazuki Takeda, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Patent number: 11937270
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signaling indicating a group of transmission configuration indicator states including a first subset associated with a first bandwidth part and a second subset associated with a common frequency resource. The UE may determine, based on the group of transmission configuration indicator states, a transmission configuration indicator state list arrangement indicating a first state list associated with the first bandwidth part and a second state list associated with the common frequency resource. The UE may select, based on the transmission configuration indicator state list arrangement, a transmission configuration indicator state sharing scheme or a transmission configuration indicator state separation scheme. The sharing scheme may include at least one transmission configuration indicator state that may be common between a unicast transmission configuration and a multicast transmission configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Le Liu, Kazuki Takeda, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Mostafa Khoshnevisan
  • Patent number: 11937193
    Abstract: Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) may establish uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) radio frame timing structures to efficiently account for propagation delay and propagation delay variation associated with communications in the NTN. NTNs may manage (synchronize) radio frame timing structures of base stations (e.g., satellites) and user equipment (UEs) in the NTN. Further, UEs may determine timing advance (TA) values to be applied to UL transmissions based on their respective scheduling offset (e.g., offset in UL and DL radio frame timing structures), as well as based on propagation delay or round trip time (RTT). As such, served UEs may determine UL timing such that UL transmissions from the UEs to a satellite arrives at the satellite in a time synchronized manner. In other cases, a satellite may determine UL timing, based on reception timing, such that various UEs in the NTN may implement uniform UL and DL radio frame timing structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiao Feng Wang, Liangping Ma, Ayan Sengupta, Jun Ma, Huilin Xu, Peter Gaal, Bharat Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11937129
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for establishing rules for scheduling downlink data transmissions and flow control feedback for the downlink data transmissions to avoid confusion at a base station and a user equipment (UE). In one example, when flow control feedback from a UE is disabled for a downlink data transmission, the UE may still operate according to a timing for reporting flow control feedback for the downlink data transmission. In this example, the UE may drop (e.g., refrain from decoding) other downlink data transmissions based on the timing for reporting flow control feedback. In another example, when flow control feedback from a UE is disabled for a downlink data transmission, other downlink data transmissions to the UE may be scheduled according to one or more rules to avoid confusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiao Feng Wang, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Liangping Ma, Ayan Sengupta, Bharat Shrestha, Jun Ma, Umesh Phuyal, Le Liu, Peter Gaal
  • Publication number: 20240089997
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may support both unicast and multicast downlink signaling, such as on a single component carrier (CC). A UE may receive a unicast message over a first CC during a transmission time interval (TTI) using a first set of processing resources. The UE may simultaneously receive a multicast message over the first CC during the same TTI using a second set of processing resources. The first and second sets of processing resources may be associated with first and second hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) soft buffers, first and second CCs, or first and second transmit/receive points (TRPs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuki TAKEDA, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Le LIU, Peter GAAL, Wanshi CHEN, Ayan SENGUPTA, Prasad Reddy KADIRI, Tao LUO, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Juan MONTOJO, Umesh PHUYAL, Wooseok NAM
  • Patent number: 11929803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a network may establish communications over a directional beam. The UE may receive, from the network, a configuration of one or more channel sounding messages for one or more directional beams, where each directional beam of the one or more directional beams is associated with a set of narrowband carriers, and each of the one or more channel sounding messages being configured for transmission on a narrowband carrier of the set of narrowband carriers. The UE may determine a trigger for transmitting the one or more channel sounding messaged based at least in part on the configuration and transmit, to the network, the one or more channel sounding messages on respective narrowband carriers in accordance with the trigger and the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiao Feng Wang, Le Liu, Bharat Shrestha, Peter Gaal, Liangping Ma, Umesh Phuyal, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 11929831
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating whether hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is disabled for one or more HARQ processes. The UE may receive a downlink communication. The downlink communication may include a HARQ process identifier that indicates a HARQ process to be used for the downlink communication. The UE may selectively provide HARQ feedback for the downlink communication based at least in part on the HARQ identifier and information indicating whether HARQ feedback is disabled for the HARQ process. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bharat Shrestha, Umesh Phuyal, Xiao Feng Wang, Alberto Rico Alvarino
  • Patent number: 11930515
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine an inactivity timer associated with a first set of one or more beams used for communicating with a network entity associated with a satellite has expired. The UE may identify location information corresponding to the location of the UE with respect to the network entity. The UE may identify beam geometry information for one or more beams associated with the network entity. For example, the UE may receive the beam geometry information from the network entity. The UE may process the location information and the beam geometry information to identify a second set of one or more beams, the second set different than the first set. The UE and the network entity may communicate according to the second set of one or more beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Ayan Sengupta, Bharat Shrestha, Jun Ma, Umesh Phuyal
  • Patent number: 11930552
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may start a timer after a repetition of a communication, where calculation of a length of the timer includes an offset that corresponds to a propagation delay between the UE and a base station via a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity. The UE may start a discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer after expiration of the timer. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bharat Shrestha, Mungal Singh Dhanda, Umesh Phuyal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Ayan Sengupta, Prasad Reddy Kadiri
  • Publication number: 20240080838
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information that indicates an uplink transmit switching configuration for performing uplink transmit switching between a first component carrier and a second component carrier and a sounding reference signal (SRS) carrier switching configuration for performing SRS carrier switching between the second component carrier and a third component carrier, wherein the configuration information is associated with a maximum number of allowable switches over an amount of time. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the configuration information, one or more signals associated with performing at least one of uplink transmit switching or SRS carrier switching. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yiqing CAO, Peter GAAL, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Enoch Shiao-Kuang LU, Wanshi CHEN, Kazuki TAKEDA, Bin HAN, Yan LI, Zhimin DU
  • Publication number: 20240080884
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, signaling that indicates at least a first random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) partition and a second RO partition. The first RO partition may be associated with different uplink transmission capabilities than the second RO partition. The UE may select an RO in the first RO partition or the second RO partition based at least in part on a metric that relates to an uplink transmission capability of the UE. The UE may transmit, and the network node may receive, a preamble in the selected RO to initiate a RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Peter GAAL, Juan MONTOJO, Jun MA, Bharat SHRESTHA, Umesh PHUYAL, Yiqing CAO, Huilin XU, Wanshi CHEN, Changhwan PARK
  • Patent number: 11924766
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving a multicast bandwidth part configuration for multicast communications between a base station and the UE, where the multicast bandwidth part configuration includes a maximum number of multiple-input, multiple-output layers to be used for the multicast communications; establishing a multicast link with the base station for multicast communications; determining to use a reduced number of antennas for multicast reception than the number of antennas used for unicast reception, or determining that the UE is able to decode the multicast communications prior to a remaining portion of the multicast communications; and receiving the multicast communications via the reduced number of antennas, or reducing the radio frequency power prior to completion of a number of repetitions or retransmissions of the multicast communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11917618
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive an indication of a first set of resources for feedback and an indication of a second set of resources for feedback, where the second set of resources are associated with a smaller quantity of cyclic shifts than the first set of resources. Accordingly, the mobile station may transmit feedback on either the first set of resources or the second set of resources based at least in part on a distance associated with the feedback. As an alternative, the mobile station may compute a timing advance associated with transmission of feedback. Accordingly, the mobile station may feedback that is shifted in time according to the timing advance. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chiranjib Saha, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Vishnu Vardhan Chetlur Ravi, Kazuki Takeda, Umesh Phuyal, Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal, Gabi Sarkis
  • Patent number: 11914056
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a position (e.g., a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)) position of the UE based on a relative position of the UE to another UE. For example, a first UE may determine (e.g., calculate, receive) a relative position of the first UE to a second UE that is selected from a set of UEs including the first UE and the second UE to perform a position acquisition procedure to determine a position of the second UE. The first UE may determine (e.g., calculate, receive) its position based on the relative position of the first UE to the second UE and the position of the second UE and may reset a timer that indicates for the first UE to perform a position acquisition procedure upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Ayan Sengupta, Xiao Feng Wang, Bharat Shrestha, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Mungal Singh Dhanda, Umesh Phuyal, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo