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).

  • STATISTICAL CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING
    Publication number: 20230231605
    Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment, UE, according to some embodiments includes performing (202) a channel measurement on a measurement resource for channel measurement, performing (204) two or more interference measurements on two or more measurement resources for interference measurement, for each interference measurement, determining (206) quality values associated with the interference measurement and the channel measurement, determining (208) a statistical measure based on the quality values, and transmitting (210) the statistical measure to a network node in a channel state information, CSI, report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Erik Eriksson, Martin Hessler, Niklas Andgart, Yufei Blankenship, Bikramjit Singh, Mattias Andersson, Alexey Shapin, Kittipong Kittichokechai
  • Network Architecture, Methods, and Devices for a Wireless Communications Network
    Publication number: 20230224059
    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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    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
  • FAST BEAM SWITCHING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230216575
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a first radio node for a wireless communication network. The method includes determining one or more reception beams based on measurements on reference signaling and performing beam switch to a target reception beam associated to the reception beams based on a beam switch indication received from a second radio node. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, John SKÖRDEMAN, Qiang ZHANG
  • BEAM DETERMINATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230208502
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node for a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving a first instance of reference signaling utilising a first reception beam, and receiving a second instance of reference signaling utilising a set of second reception beams associated to and/or based on the first reception beam. An instance of reference signaling includes signaling on a plurality of allocation units. The method further includes communicating utilising a communication beam associated to and/or based a target reception beam of the second reception beams. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, Robert BALDEMAIR, Håkan BJÖRKEGREN, Ning HE
  • FAST BEAM SWITCHING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230209385
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a first radio node for a wireless communication network. The method includes determining one or more reception beams based on measurements on reference signaling and transmitting first signaling using a transmission beam associated to a target reception beam and/or a beam used for reference signaling associated to the target reception beam, the target reception beam being one of the reception beams. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, John SKÖRDEMAN, Qiang ZHANG
  • Method for modifying parameter values for long range extension and corresponding node
    Patent number: 11678274
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting Radio Link Monitoring (RLM), Radio Link Failure (RLF) detection, RLF recovery, and/or connection establishment failure detection for wireless devices (16) in a cellular communications network (10) depending on mode of operation. In one embodiment, a node (14, 16) in the cellular communications network (10) determines whether a wireless device (16) (e.g., a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device) is to operate in a long range extension mode of operation or a normal mode of operation. The node (14, 16) then applies different values for at least one parameter depending on whether the wireless device (16) is to operate in the long range extension mode or the normal mode. The at least one parameter includes one or more RLM parameters, one or more RLF detection parameters, and/or one or more RLF recovery parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Kumar Balachandran, Johan Bergman, Konstantinos Dimou, Erik Eriksson, Anders Wallén
  • Control Signaling for High Frequency Networks
    Publication number: 20230179388
    Abstract: There is disclosed method of operating a receiving radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving data signaling based on a data signaling indication, the data signaling indication indicating data signaling of an unspecified duration, wherein receiving is based on a stop indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall, John Skördeman, Axel Guthmann, Erik Eriksson, Mattias Frenne
  • Interruption Control Signaling for High Frequency Networks
    Publication number: 20230171804
    Abstract: There is disclosed method of operating a receiving radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving data signaling based on a data signaling indication, the data signaling indication indicating data signaling of an unspecified duration, wherein receiving is based on an interruption indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices nd methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Eriksson, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall, John Skördeman, Axel Guthmann, Mattias Frenne
  • CONTROL INFORMATION ON DATA CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20230155731
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising transmitting control information in a control information container, the control information container representing resources out of a resource range available to the transmitting radio node for transmission on a data channel, the control information container having a container size of a set of container sizes. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Stefan PARKVALL, Erik ERIKSSON, Claes TIDESTAV
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CODEBOOK
    Publication number: 20230155745
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a feedback radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to an acknowledgement codebook, the acknowledgement codebook representing acknowledgement information based on an acknowledgement association window. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik ERIKSSON, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
    Patent number: 11652562
    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: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    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, Häkan 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, Niklas Johansson, Martin 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 Muller, 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
  • Handling delay budget in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11647415
    Abstract: A radio network node receives a data block to be transmitted by the radio network node towards a destination node. The data block is received over an upstream wireless backhaul from an upstream radio network node and/or is to be transmitted towards the destination node over a downstream wireless backhaul to a downstream radio network node. The radio network node determines a remaining delay budget that indicates a remaining portion of a delay budget for the data block to reach the destination node. The radio network node makes a decision about how or whether to transmit the data block, based on the remaining delay budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Per-Erik Eriksson
  • Signaling Structure for Data Signaling
    Publication number: 20230122592
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising transmitting data signaling in a signaling time interval, wherein an integer number CB of code blocks of data are associated to an integer number BS of allocation units of the signaling time interval. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Erik ERIKSSON, Ajit NIMBALKER, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Network Architecture, Methods, and Devices for a Wireless Communications Network
    Publication number: 20230109947
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    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, Bo Lincoln, 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, Johan Nilsson, 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, Anders Wallén, 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
  • Power Grid Frequency Stabilization Using Infrastructure of Communications Network
    Publication number: 20230080777
    Abstract: A method for stabilising a power grid by at least one backup battery of a network element for use in a communications network. The method comprises determining (402) future power consumption of the network element, determining (404) a required backup energy level of said at least one backup battery based on said determined future power consumption for operation of the network element for a defined period and providing (406) a fraction of capacity of said at least one backup battery to stabilise a power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Pal FRENGER, Marcus TORNQVIST, Erik ERIKSSON
  • Methods and arrangements for resource allocation
    Patent number: 11601960
    Abstract: A user equipment, a network node and methods thereof for timing of scheduling of resources in a frequency division duplex system are disclosed. The user equipment and network node operate in a frequency division duplex communication system. The network node determines (400) whether a user equipment is prohibited to receive an uplink grant in at least one downlink subframe, e.g. if the user equipment is configured with ABS or with half-duplex operation. Furthermore, if the user equipment is prohibited to receive an uplink grant in at least one downlink subframe, the network node sends (410) an indication to the user equipment to apply a time division duplex configuration to the timing of scheduling of resources. The user equipment receives (420) the indication and thereupon applies (430) the time division duplex configuration to the timing of scheduling of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Eriksson, Andreas Bergström, Martin Hessler
  • Apparatuses and methods for configuration information retrieval
    Patent number: 11582620
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to radio network communication. In one of its aspects, the disclosure presented herein concerns a method for retrieving configuration information from a target Base Station (BS) in an E-UTRA New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) wireless communication system. The method is performed by a source en-gNB. According to the method, a request message requesting configuration information from the target BS is transmitted to a first proxy evolved Node B (eNB). The request message comprises identifiers identifying the source en-gNB and the target BS, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Daniel Henriksson, Tobias Ahlström, Erik Eriksson, Peter Werner
  • Methods, network nodes, and computer programs for transmit timing adjustment
    Patent number: 11569891
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for transmit time adjustment. A method is performed by a second network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication of a need for transmit time adjustment with a first network node during ongoing communication with the first network node. The method comprises providing a first notification to at least one third network node to adjust its receive timing for receiving a signal from the second network node as part of ongoing communication with the second network node. The method comprises adjusting transmit timing for transmitting a first signal to the first network node as part of the ongoing communication with the first network node and for transmitting at least one second signal to the at last one third network node as part of the ongoing communication with the at least one third network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mona Hashemi, Henrik Sahlin, Per-Erik Eriksson, Behrooz Makki, Lei Bao
  • Signaling structure for data signaling
    Patent number: 11540275
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising transmitting data signaling in a signaling time interval, wherein an integer number CB of code blocks of data are associated to an integer number BS of allocation units of the signaling time interval. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Eriksson, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall
  • METHODS, INTERMEDIATE RADIO UNITS AND RADIO HEADS OF BASE STATION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMISSION OF ANTENNA CARRIERS
    Publication number: 20220394817
    Abstract: A method performed by an IRU of a base station system, the base station system comprising the IRU, a BBU connected to the IRU, and a first RH connected to the IRU via a packet data network. The first RH is arranged for wireless transmission in RF of a plurality of antenna carriers to UEs. The method comprises receiving, from the BBU, a plurality of first digital representations of the plurality of antenna carriers of the first RH, each first digital representation representing one antenna carrier, the plurality of first digital representations being received in a baseband frequency range, frequency multiplexing the plurality of first digital representations of the plurality of antenna carriers into a second digital representation over a first bandwidth, and transmitting the second digital representation to the first RH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Elmar TROJER, Miguel BERG, Per-Erik ERIKSSON, Aldebaro KLAUTAU, Chenguang LU, Leonardo RAMALHO, Marcos TAKEDA