Patents by Inventor Erik Dahlman

Erik Dahlman 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).

  • Patent number: 11296853
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a method of operating a user equipment in a Radio Access Network. The method includes transmitting signaling in a first transmission timing structure starting at a starting symbol, the starting symbol being determined based on a received transmission timing structure indication, the transmission timing structure indication indicating the first transmission timing structure. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaset LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20220104155
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node in a radio access network, the IAB node being connected to a first parent IAB node via a first backhaul link, the method including communicating with one or more child nodes based on a downlink timing, the downlink timing being based on a function of one or more values of a first timing parameter, the values of the first timing parameter being indicated by corresponding first timing indicators received from the first parent IAB node and/or one or more values of a second timing parameter, the values of the second timing parameter being indicated by corresponding second timing indicators received from the first parent IAB node. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Boris DORTSCHY, Erik DAHLMAN
  • Patent number: 11284418
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method (50), implemented at a radio network node, of determining a starting symbol for a scheduled uplink transmission by User Equipment, UE. The method comprises selecting (52) a starting symbol within an uplink slot for a scheduled uplink transmission by a UE; and identifying (54) the starting symbol to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Dahlman, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20220085961
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose e.g. a method performed by a wireless device (10) for handling communication for the wireless device in a second wireless communication network. The second wireless communication network coexists with a first wireless communication network on a same bandwidth in frequency, wherein the first wireless communication network applies a first shift in frequency in uplink transmissions. The wireless device receives from a radio network node (12,13), an indication indicating application of a second shift in frequency to uplink transmissions in case the second wireless communication network uses Frequency Division Duplex (FDD). The wireless device further applies the second shift in frequency to uplink transmissions, wherein the second shift defines a shift in frequency to a subcarrier relative to a subcarrier grid of the second wireless communication network or a shift in frequency to the subcarrier grid of the second wireless communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Johan Bergman, Erik Dahlman, Olof Liberg, Stefan Parkvall, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20220086900
    Abstract: A method in a network node for managing random-access procedures with a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprising transmitting an indication of a modulation format to one or more of the plurality of wireless devices to configure the modulation format for a random access message (3) transmission from the one or more wireless devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Henrik SAHLIN, Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik DAHLMAN, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Publication number: 20220069951
    Abstract: A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan PARKVALL, Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik DAHLMAN, Sorour FALAHATI, Daniel LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20220069955
    Abstract: A mobile terminal camps in a first cell associated with a first reference signal with a first physical structure that relates to a first Time Division Duplex (TDD) allocation of sub-frames for uplink and downlink transmission. The first reference signal is carried by the downlink sub-frames. The mobile terminal detects a broadcast indication of a second physical structure for carrying a second reference signal that relates to a second allocation of sub-frames for uplink and downlink transmissions that differs from the first allocation. The downlink sub-frames according to the second allocation carry the second reference signal. The mobile terminal measures the second reference signal of a neighbor cell as carried by the second physical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan PARKVALL, David ASTELY, Erik DAHLMAN
  • Patent number: 11265126
    Abstract: A set of different pilot structures are designed for use in different environments and/or different user behaviours that are expected to occur in a cell. The radio conditions for a user are estimated. Each user is then assigned an area (108A-E) in resource space for its communication, which has a suitable pilot configuration. In one embodiment, the entire resource space is provided with different pilot structures in different parts (110A-D). In advance and allocation of resources to the users are then performed in order to match estimated radio conditions to the provided pilot structure. In another embodiment, allocation is performed first, and then the actual pilot structure is adapted within the allocated resource space area to suit the environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Johan Nyström, Pàl Frenger, Erik Dahlman, Svante Signell, Göran Klang
  • Patent number: 11265115
    Abstract: A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Daniel Larsson
  • Patent number: 11246167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface, for example between a mobile terminal and a radio base station of a mobile network. A method aspect of the invention comprises the steps of transmitting a synchronization request for synchronization information; receiving synchronization information in response to the synchronization request; and transmitting, based on at least one transmission parameter adjusted in accordance with the synchronization information, a resource request for data transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Maria Edvardsson, Erik Dahlman, Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20220038316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a first radio node configured for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), comprising a receiver, a transmitter, a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor for causing the transmitter in a first mode of operation with a first subcarrier spacing f1: to transmit a sequence of prefixed OFDM symbols, and in a second mode of operation with a second subcarrier spacing f2: to transmit a sequence of prefixed OFDM symbols, wherein the sequence of transmitted OFDM symbols is aligned with a predefined repeating radio frame, which is common to both the first and second modes of operation, or with an integer multiple of the predefined repeating radio frame; and the first and second subcarrier spacings are related by an integer factor, f1/f2=p or f1/f2=1/p, with p?1 integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Erik Dahlman, Asbjörn Grövlen
  • Publication number: 20220015020
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method performed by an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node to perform initial cell access in a cellular communications network and corresponding embodiments of an IAB node are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method performed by the IAB node comprises detecting a Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel Block (SSB) of a cell and reading system information comprising a value of a parameter from the SSB. The method further comprises determining that the value of the parameter is a predefined value that serves as an indication to IAB nodes that additional system information is present on the cell and searching for the additional system information in accordance with the value of the parameter. In some embodiments, the predefined value of the parameter serves as an indication to one or more other types of nodes that additional system information is not present on the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Helka-Liina Määttänen, Erik Dahlman, Lei Bao
  • Publication number: 20220015040
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a power-controlled radio node (C, 100) in a radio access network, the power-controlled radio node (C, 100) being in connection with a first Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB, node (200, N1, N2) via a first communication link and being in connection with a second IAB node (200, N1, N2) via a second communication link, the method comprising transmitting uplink signaling on the first communication link based on power control information pertaining to the second communication link. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Boris Dortschy, Erik Dahlman, Robert Baldemair, Per-Erik Eriksson, Yezi Huang
  • Patent number: 11223459
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for receiving user data in a wireless communication system that employs coordinated multi-point transmission of the user data from a first cell serving a wireless terminal and a second cell site neighboring the first cell site. In an exemplary system, the first cell site maps control signals and user data to a time-frequency resources according to a first mapping pattern, while the second cell site maps control data and traffic data to the time-frequency resources according to a second mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: George Jöngren, Erik Dahlman
  • Publication number: 20220007309
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB node (200, C, N3) in a radio access network, the method comprising performing, by the IAB node (200, N1, N2), power control for a first communication link between the IAB node (200, N1, N2) and a power-controlled radio node (10, 200, N3) based on power control information, the power control information pertaining to a second communication link between the power-controlled radio node (10, 200, N3) and a second IAB node (200, N2, N1). The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Boris Dortschy, Robers Baldemair, Per-Erik Eriksson, Yezi Huang, Erik Dahlman
  • Patent number: 11218258
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user equipment, UE, for a Radio Access Network, the UE being adapted for sidelink communication on a sidelink, the UE further being adapted for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to sidelink data. The sidelink data includes one or more data elements and the acknowledgement signaling has a signaling format comprising one or more acknowledgement substructures. Each of the substructures carries acknowledgement information pertaining to one of the data elements. Further, each of the acknowledgment substructures is mapped to a different one of the data elements based on at least one acknowledgement position indication provided in control signaling received by the UE. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11218281
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose e.g. a method performed by a wireless device (10) for handling communication for the wireless device in a second wireless communication network. The second wireless communication network coexists with a first wireless communication network on a same bandwidth in frequency, wherein the first wireless communication network applies a first shift in frequency in uplink transmissions. The wireless device receives from a radio network node (12,13), an indication indicating application of a second shift in frequency to uplink transmissions in case the second wireless communication network uses Frequency Division Duplex (FDD). The wireless device further applies the second shift in frequency to uplink transmissions, wherein the second shift defines a shift in frequency to a subcarrier relative to a subcarrier grid of the second wireless communication network or a shift in frequency to the subcarrier grid of the second wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Johan Bergman, Erik Dahlman, Olof Liberg, Stefan Parkvall, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20210399860
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user equipment for a Radio Access Network. The user equipment is adapted for communicating utilizing a first transmission timing structure having a first number of symbols, and for communicating utilizing a second transmission timing structure comprising a second number of symbols. The user equipment further is adapted for receiving first signaling based on the first transmission timing structure and for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to the first signaling based on the second transmission timing structure, wherein the user equipment is adapted to start transmitting the acknowledgement signaling at a starting symbol of the second transmission timing structure, the starting symbol being determined based on a configuration of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik DAHLMAN, Carola FARONIUS, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Patent number: 11206691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface, for example between a mobile terminal and a radio base station of a mobile network. A method aspect of the invention comprises the steps of transmitting a synchronization request for synchronization information; receiving synchronization information in response to the synchronization request; and transmitting, based on at least one transmission parameter adjusted in accordance with the synchronization information, a resource request for data transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Maria Edvardsson, Erik Dahlman, Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11201718
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting first numerology information indicating a first numerology for a carrier, the first numerology having a first subcarrier spacing and a first frequency reference. The method also includes transmitting a frequency shift indication indicating a second frequency reference for a second numerology for the same carrier, the frequency shift indication indicating the second frequency reference in relation to the first frequency reference. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Asbjörn Grövlen, Stefan Parkvall