Patents by Inventor Erik Eriksson

Erik Eriksson 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).

  • BEAM FAILURE DETECTION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240284205
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the method performing a beam failure recovery operation at a beam failure recovery opportunity based on a beam failure detection in a beam failure detection time window associated to the beam failure recovery opportunity. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, Qiang ZHANG
  • EARLY BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240283595
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being adapted for communicating based on received reference signalling, the received reference signalling being associated to a random access message transmitted by a network node of the wireless communication network. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Erik ERIKSSON, Anders LANDSTRÖM, Robert BALDEMAIR, Claes TIDESTAV, John SKÖRDEMAN, Qiang ZHANG
  • REFERENCE SIGNALLING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240267185
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting a measurement report pertaining to reference signaling, the reference signaling being scheduled for reception based on a control information message, the control information message including a timing indication indicating a timing of the reference signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Erik ERIKSSON, Stefan PARKVALL, Robert BALDEMAIR, John SKÖRDEMAN
  • Method and network device for rank selection
    Patent number: 12047149
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a network device for rank selection. The method includes: adjusting a rank for a transmission to or from a terminal device; and selecting a rank to be used for the transmission based on whether the transmission using the adjusted rank has been successfully received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Chunhui Liu, Erik Eriksson, John Skördeman, Liping Han
  • SEARCH SPACES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240243880
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network. The method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network may include monitoring a first search space associated to a first type of control information based on operation pertaining to a second search space associated to a second type of control information. The first type of control information may pertain to a first signalling format for control information, and/or the second type of control information may pertain to a second signalling format for control information. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods, in particular to a feedback radio node, a method of operating a signalling radio node and a signalling radio node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Erik ERIKSSON
  • REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240236744
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting a measurement report based on measurement performed on DM-RS associated to received control signaling and/or data signaling. There is disclosed a feedback radio node for a wireless communication network. The feedback radio node is adapted for transmitting a measurement report based on measurement performed on DM-RS associated to received control signaling and/or data signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods like a signaling radio node and a feedback radio node, and a method of operating a signaling radio node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik ERIKSSON, Mattias FRENNE, John SKÖRDEMAN, Claes TIDESTAV
  • REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240235912
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a signaling radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting reference signaling, the reference signaling having a pattern comprising, in time domain, N blocks, each block having a plurality of symbols, wherein for each symbol of a first block of the N blocks, the reference signaling is transmitted having a first frequency domain distribution, and for each symbol of a second block of the N blocks, the reference signaling is transmitted having a second frequency domain distribution, the first frequency domain distribution being different from the second frequency domain distribution. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Robert BALDEMAIR, John SKÖRDEMAN, Erik ERIKSSON
  • SEARCH SPACE MONITORING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240235786
    Abstract: A method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network. The method incudes monitoring a first search space and/or first control region based on a first periodicity until reception of a first control information message in the first search space, and switching to monitoring the first search space based on a second periodicity in response to receiving a first control information message associated to the first search space. There is also disclosed a feedback radio node for a wireless communication network. The feedback radio node is adapted for monitoring a first search space and/or first control region based on a first periodicity, and for switching to monitoring the first search space based on a second periodicity in response to receiving a first control information message associated to the first search space. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Erik ERIKSSON, Robert BALDEMAIR
  • Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
    Patent number: 12021609
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali El Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Martin Johansson, Niklas Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
  • DATA SIGNALLING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240195575
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting data signalling, the data signalling representing a plurality of data blocks. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Axel GUTHMANN, Erik ERIKSSON, John SKÖRDEMAN, Robert BALDEMAIR, Ajit NIMBALKER, Stefan PARKVALL
  • BEAM SWITCHING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240187076
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method includes performing a beam selection update, the beam selection update being based on received control signaling, the control signaling comprising a report indication indicating a measurement report transmitted by the wireless device, wherein the control signaling further comprises an element indication, the element indication indicating an entry of the indicated measurement report. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Erik ERIKSSON, Claes TIDESTAV, Anders LANDSTRÖM
  • Method, UE and basestation for reporting/receiving HARQ ACK/NACK for PDSCH in dynamic TDD configurations
    Patent number: 12003339
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method used in a User Equipment (UE) for reporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) for Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) in dynamic time division duplex (TDD) configurations. In the method, a plurality of PDSCHs are received in DownLink (DL) subframes associated with an UpLink (UL) subframe and indicated by a DL reference TDD configuration. The DL subframes are divided into a first subset of DL subframes and a second subset of DL subframes. The first subset of DL subframes is also indicated by an UL reference TDD configuration. A first set of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource indices are assigned based on resources used in transmission of Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) corresponding to the PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the first subset of DL subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Shaohua Li, Erik Eriksson, Rui Fan, Zhiheng Guo, Jinhua Liu, Xinghua Song
  • MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240178970
    Abstract: A method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network, the feedback radio node being configured with a reference signalling configuration, the reference signalling configuration indicating set of groups of reference signals, the set including M groups, each group having a number Nm of reference signals The method includes transmitting a measurement report according to the reference signalling configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Anders LANDSTRÖM, Erik ERIKSSON, Qiang ZHANG
  • FEEDBACK REPORTING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240171315
    Abstract: A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting feedback signaling having a feedback report, the feedback report being associated to a feedback report identity. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods, like a method of operating a network node, a wireless device and a network node, as well as associated thereto a program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Erik ERIKSSON, Claes TIDESTAV, Anders LANDSTRÖM
  • PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALLING
    Publication number: 20240171439
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating transmitting radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting data signalling, the data signalling representing a plurality of data blocks, wherein a first set of data blocks of the plurality of data blocks is associated to a first Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, and wherein a second set of data blocks of the plurality of data blocks is associated to a second MCS, the first MCS being different from the second MCS. Phase Tracking Reference Signalling, PTRS, associated to the first set of data blocks is based on the second MCS, and/or PTRS associated to the second set of data blocks is based on the first MCS. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik ERIKSSON, Qiang ZHANG, Mattias FRENNE
  • Methods and devices for inter-cell interference estimation
    Patent number: 11984939
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (200) in a network device for uplink inter-cell interference estimation. The network device serves a cell divided into a plurality of sectors each corresponding to an angle range. The method (200) includes, for a first sector of the plurality of sectors: measuring (210) an uplink inter-cell interference level; and estimating (220) an uplink inter-cell interference metric based on the measured uplink inter-cell interference level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolagget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Chunhui Liu, Erik Eriksson, Qi Zhang
  • MEASUREMENT REPORTING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240155408
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting a measurement report, the measurement report being indicative of a combination of a first set of measurement results, the first set of measurement results at least comprising a first measurement result pertaining to first reference signaling received by the wireless device and a second measurement result pertaining to second reference signaling received by the wireless device. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, Qiang ZHANG, Anders LANDSTRÖM, John SKÖRDEMAN, Robert BALDEMAIR, Mattias FRENNE
  • BEAM SWITCHING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20240147256
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method includes performing beam switching based on a received first control information message, the first control information message indicating a target beam by indicating an entry in a measurement report. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Axel GUTHMANN, Erik ERIKSSON, Claes TIDESTAV, Anders LANDSTRÖM
  • REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240129093
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating based on reference signaling, the reference signaling being based on a sequence root, the sequence root being one out of a set of sequence roots comprising at least two sequence roots, the set of sequence roots being configured to the wireless device. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Mattias FRENNE, Erik ERIKSSON
  • METHOD AND TRANSITION DEVICE FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240114396
    Abstract: A method and transition device for enabling communication of data between a remote radio unit and a central baseband unit in a wireless network. When detecting a first interface configuration used by the remote radio unit and a second interface configuration used by the baseband unit, the transition device configures interface functions, based on the first and second interface configurations. The interface functions are selected from a set of predefined interface functions associated with different interface configurations. The transition device then establishes a data flow between the remote radio unit and the central baseband unit over the transition device, and performs conversion between the first interface configuration and the second interface configuration for data communicated in the data flow, using the selected interface functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Miguel BERG, Per-Erik ERIKSSON, Chenguang LU, Jacob ÖSTERLING, Elmar TROJER