Patents by Inventor David Better

David Better 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: 20240063938
    Abstract: A method is performed by a network node for handling link adaptation for a communication between the network node and a User Equipment, UE, in a wireless communications network. The method comprises: obtaining an initial Information Carrying Capacity, ICC, estimate; and establishing a measurement at each Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, feedback on an initial transmission in the communication. The measurement comprises a Block Error Rate, BLER, per: rank, Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, and slot. Based on the established measurement it is determining whether or not to adjust the initial ICC estimate, and whether or not to disable outer loop ICC adjustments. The determining is to be used as a basis for the link adaptation of said communication. A corresponding network node is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aleksandar Jovanovic, Ahmedul Quadir, David Better
  • Patent number: 11902964
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node, for scheduling of a UE in UL. The network node is configured to schedule the UE using Frequency Selective Scheduling or resource fair scheduling. The network node estimates a PRBs for individual UEs, which are scheduled in the same cell and TTI. The network node determines whether the estimated number of PRBs fulfil one or more predetermined conditions. The network node determines to schedule the UEs using FSS when at least one of the one or more conditions are fulfilled, and determining to schedule the UEs using resource fair scheduling when none of the one or more predetermined conditions are fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mats Johansson, Govardhan Madhugiri, David Better
  • Patent number: 11848786
    Abstract: A method and a status manager for controlling status reporting from a data receiving node in a wireless communication of data with a data sending node. When detecting that the data receiving node should transmit a status report to the data sending node before a prescribed time limit expires, the data receiving node is triggered to transmit the status report either together with data if the data is pending for transmission from the data receiving node when the time left before the prescribed time limit is greater than a minimum duration, or alone if no data is pending when the time left before the time limit becomes shorter than the minimum duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Christian Skärby, David Better, Johnny Karlsen
  • Publication number: 20230224954
    Abstract: A network node is configured with a common preamble format for a shared spectrum comprising a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT. The RACH procedure is common for the first and second RAT. The network node configures the network node with a common preamble location in time and frequency for the first and second RAT. The network node configures the UE with a preamble group comprising a number of preambles distributed between the first and second RAT for the common preamble format. When receiving from the UE, a first RACH message comprising a first preamble at the common preamble location according to the UE configuring, the network node decides whether the first RAT, the second RAT, or both the first and second RAT, shall be used for a second RACH message to be sent to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmedul QUADIR, David BETTER
  • Publication number: 20230179379
    Abstract: Providing port independent Non-Zero-Power (NZP) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) muting is disclosed herein. In one embodiments, the method performed by a network node comprises categorizing a plurality of user equipments (UEs) into a first UE group and a second UE group, wherein each of the first and second UE groups is associated with a respective one or more CSI-RS resources. The method further comprises transmitting CSI-RS on the one or more CSI-RS resources of the first UE group while muting or not transmitting CSI-RS on the one or more CSI-RS resources of the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: David Better, Sebastian Faxér, Ahmedul Quadir
  • Publication number: 20220216953
    Abstract: A method and a status manager for controlling status reporting from a data receiving node in a wireless communication of data with a data sending node. When detecting that the data receiving node should transmit a status report to the data sending node before a prescribed time limit expires, the data receiving node is triggered to transmit the status report either together with data if the data is pending for transmission from the data receiving node when the time left before the prescribed time limit is greater than a minimum duration, or alone if no data is pending when the time left before the time limit becomes shorter than the minimum duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Christian SKÄRBY, David Better, Johnny Karlsen
  • Publication number: 20220124754
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node, for scheduling of a UE in UL. The network node is configured to schedule the UE using Frequency Selective Scheduling or resource fair scheduling. The network node estimates a PRBs for individual UEs, which are scheduled in the same cell and TTI. The network node determines whether the estimated number of PRBs fulfil one or more predetermined conditions. The network node determines to schedule the UEs using FSS when at least one of the one or more conditions are fulfilled, and determining to schedule the UEs using resource fair scheduling when none of the one or more predetermined conditions are fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mats JOHANSSON, Govardhan MADHUGIRI, David BETTER
  • Patent number: 11233616
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing transmission of one or more CRS subframes. The network node identifies if a cell is actively serving a set of UEs. When the cell is actively serving a set of UEs, which set of UEs is configured for DRX the network node sends CRS over the first bandwidth in one or more CRS subframes which are transmitted in the cell during an onDuration interval of the DRX pattern and/or in one or more CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in one or more CRS subframes where downlink, DL, data is sent. The network node sends CRS over a second bandwidth, in CRS subframes which are not transmitted in the cell during the onDuration interval of the DRX and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where DL data is sent, which second bandwidth is reduced in relation to the first bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: David Better, Tomas Lagerqvist, Peter Nordlund, Anthony Paravati
  • Patent number: 10856357
    Abstract: Systems and methods of discontinuous operation for wireless devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may include preconfiguring (1501), by a user equipment (UE) (1012), the UE for discontinuous receive (DRX) operation in a connected state. The DRX operation may include modes of DRX operation of the UE with each mode corresponding to a level of connectivity of the UE. Further, while (1503) the UE is in the connected state, the method may include determining (1505), by the UE, the level of connectivity of the UE and sending (1507), by the UE, to a network node, a request for the DRX operation. Also, the request may include an indication of the level of connectivity of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Gunnar Bergquist, David Better
  • Patent number: 10694474
    Abstract: Method performed by a network node for reducing interference in neighboring cells. The network node operates in a communication network, which is adapted to wirelessly serve a UE via a serving Radio Access, RA, node. The network node obtains a determination of at least one of Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, and Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ, from the serving RA node as received by the UE and a determination of at least one of RSRP and RSRQ from a neighboring RA node as received by the UE, when the UE is connected to the serving RA node. The network node further decides to reduce a transmit power of the serving RA node serving the connected UE, when the determined RSRP and/or RSRQ of the serving RA node is higher than the RSRP and/or RSRQ of the neighboring RA node, in order to reduce the interference in neighboring cells caused by the serving RA node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Tomas Lagerqvist, David Better, Peter Nordlund, Anthony Paravati
  • Publication number: 20200014502
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing transmission of one or more CRS subframes. The network node identifies if a cell is actively serving a set of UEs. When the cell is actively serving a set of UEs, which set of UEs is configured for DRX the network node sends CRS over the first bandwidth in one or more CRS subframes which are transmitted in the cell during an onDuration interval of the DRX pattern and/or in one or more CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in one or more CRS subframes where downlink, DL, data is sent. The network node sends CRS over a second bandwidth, in CRS subframes which are not transmitted in the cell during the onDuration interval of the DRX and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where DL data is sent, which second bandwidth is reduced in relation to the first bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: David Better, Tomas Lagerqvist, Peter Nordlund, Anthony Paravati
  • Patent number: 10447446
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing transmission of one or more CRS subframes. The network node identifies if a cell is actively serving a set of UEs. When the cell is actively serving a set of UEs, which set of UEs is configured for DRX the network node sends CRS over the first bandwidth in one or more CRS subframes which are transmitted in the cell during an onDuration interval of the DRX pattern and/or in one or more CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in one or more CRS subframes where downlink, DL, data is sent. The network node sends CRS over a second bandwidth, in CRS subframes which are not transmitted in the cell during the onDuration interval of the DRX and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where DL data is sent, which second bandwidth is reduced in relation to the first bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: David Better, Tomas Lagerqvist, Peter Nordlund, Anthony Paravati
  • Publication number: 20180288711
    Abstract: Method performed by a network node for reducing interference in neighboring cells. The network node operates in a communication network, which is adapted to wirelessly serve a UE via a serving Radio Access, RA, node. The network node obtains a determination of at least one of Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP, and Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ, from the serving RA node as received by the UE and a determination of at least one of RSRP and RSRQ from a neighboring RA node as received by the UE, when the UE is connected to the serving RA node. The network node further decides to reduce a transmit power of the serving RA node serving the connected UE, when the determined RSRP and/or RSRQ of the serving RA node is higher than the RSRP and/or RSRQ of the neighboring RA node, in order to reduce the interference in neighboring cells caused by the serving RA node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tomas LAGERQVIST, David BETTER, Peter NORDLUND, Anthony PARAVATI
  • Patent number: 10028247
    Abstract: Managing of paging of a wireless device (120). A first network node of a wireless communication network (100) determines (203; 301) a code rate and/or transmit power for a present paging message based on a location in a sequence of paging messages. The location is associated with the present paging message. The first network node transmits (204; 302) the present paging message targeted for receipt by the wireless device (120). The present paging message commands the wireless device (120) to connect, or at least initiate connection, to the wireless communication network (100). The present paging message is being coded based on the determined code rate and/or being transmitted based on the determined transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: David Better, Walter Müller
  • Publication number: 20180063837
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to radio communication. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a method performed by a network node supporting the use of a single Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resource to a plurality of communication devices such that the plurality of communication devices can share the single PUCCH resource. Different transmission masks are assigned to different communication devices. When a burst of Scheduling Resources, SRs, is received from a communication device, the communication device can be identified by recognition of the SR periodicity pattern of the received burst of SRs. Also, an uplink grant may be transmitted to the thus identified communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Gunnar BERGQUIST, David BETTER, Patrik RASK
  • Publication number: 20170250786
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing transmission of one or more CRS subframes. The network node identifies if a cell is actively serving a set of UEs. When the cell is actively serving a set of UEs, which set of UEs is configured for DRX the network node sends CRS over the first bandwidth in one or more CRS subframes which are transmitted in the cell during an onDuration interval of the DRX pattern and/or in one or more CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in one or more CRS subframes where downlink, DL, data is sent. The network node sends CRS over a second bandwidth, in CRS subframes which are not transmitted in the cell during the onDuration interval of the DRX and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where DL data is sent, which second bandwidth is reduced in relation to the first bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: David Better, Tomas Lagerqvist, Peter Nordlund, Anthony Paravati
  • Patent number: 9467901
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, it is presented a method for paging a particular wireless device. The method is performed in a radio base station and comprises the operations of: receiving a paging request from a core network node to page the particular wireless device, the paging request comprising a temporary identifier of the particular wireless device; obtaining at least one radio cell identifier for the particular wireless device from a database mapping temporary identifiers of the wireless device with radio cell identifiers; paging the particular wireless device using the at least one radio cell identifier for the particular wireless device; and determining the paging to be successful when a connection request comprising the temporary identifier is received from the particular wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David Better, Walter Muller
  • Publication number: 20160295637
    Abstract: Systems and methods of discontinuous operation for wireless devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may include preconfiguring (1501), by a user equipment (UE) (1012), the UE for discontinuous receive (DRX) operation in a connected state. The DRX operation may include modes of DRX operation of the UE with each mode corresponding to a level of connectivity of the UE. Further, while (1503) the UE is in the connected state, the method may include determining (1505), by the UE, the level of connectivity of the UE and sending (1507), by the UE, to a network node, a request for the DRX operation. Also, the request may include an indication of the level of connectivity of the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gunnar Bergquist, David Better
  • Publication number: 20160262129
    Abstract: Managing of paging of a wireless device (120). A first network node of a wireless communication network (100) determines (203; 301) a code rate and/or transmit power for a present paging message based on a location in a sequence of paging messages. The location is associated with the present paging message. The first network node transmits (204; 302) the present paging message targeted for receipt by the wireless device (120). The present paging message commands the wireless device (120) to connect, or at least initiate connection, to the wireless communication network (100). The present paging message is being coded based on the determined code rate and/or being transmitted based on the determined transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: David Better, Walter Müller
  • Patent number: 9161350
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relates to a method in a radio base station (12) for handling a timing of uplink transmission from a user equipment (10) to the radio base station (12) in a radio communications network. The user equipment (10) is served in a cell (14) controlled by the radio base station (12), and which radio base station (12) and user equipment (10) are comprised in the radio communications network. The communications in the cell (14) are organized in radio frames comprising subframes. The radio base station (12) receives a first uplink transmission from the user equipment (10) in a subframe related to the radio base station (12). The radio base station then estimates a time parameter value based on a distance between the user equipment (10) and the radio base station (12) when the first uplink transmission is transmitted from the user equipment (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David Better, Franz Heiser, Tobias Tynderfeldt