Patents by Inventor Erik Richards

Erik Richards 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: 20240014860
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for intra-user equipment-coordination set (intra-UECS) communication via an adaptive phase-changing device (APD) are described. In aspects, a base station selects an APD for use by a first user equipment-coordination set, UECS), in an intra-UECS communication path. The base station communicates APD information about the APD to a first coordinating user equipment, UE, of the first UECS. In aspects, the base station the apportions APD-access to the APD for the first UECS and indicates the apportioned APD-access to the first coordinating UE of the first UECS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20240014934
    Abstract: In aspects, a non-terrestrial communication system communicates with a user equipment, UE, using repetitive communications. The non-terrestrial communication system determines (905, 940) a repetition configuration for repetitive communications with the UE and indicates (910, 915) the repetition configuration to the UE. The non-terrestrial communication system communicates (920) with the UE using the repetitive communications in accordance with the repetition configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Aamir Akram, Sharath Ananth
  • Publication number: 20240004049
    Abstract: A user-equipment-coordination set in a cellular network includes multiple UEs for performing coordinated radar sensing. A first UE determines a configuration to coordinate other UEs to detect an object. The first UE uses the configuration to configure a second UE to transmit a first radar signal and a third UE to detect the first radar signal. The first UE receives first radar signal samples from the third UE based on the third UE receiving the first radar signal in multiple reflection states. The first UE filters the first radar signal samples to remove samples associated with interference from the first radar signal received in a first reflection state. The first UE determines object location information based on at least the filtered first radar signal samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11864195
    Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for a peer-to-peer Citizens Broadband Radio Service, CBRS, grant. A base station sends a CBRS spectrum request to a Spectrum Access System, SAS, receives a CBRS spectrum grant from the SAS, and transmits a configuration for peer-to-peer, P2P, CBRS communication to at least a first UE that is effective to enable the first UE and a second UE to conduct P2P communication based on the configuration for P2P CBRS communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Sathish Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 11843175
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses that include a three-dimensional (3D) antenna module for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic millimeter waves (mmWaves). In general, a user equipment (UE) may include the 3D antenna module in a corner of a housing of the UE. The 3D antenna module may include three antenna panels that are generally planar and generally orthogonal to three respective axes of a Cartesian-coordinate system. The 3D antenna module may transmit and receive the electromagnetic mmWaves as part of a wireless link between the UE and another device, such as a satellite that is part of a wireless-communication network. In general, the 3D antenna module may mitigate propagation losses and allow the UE to maintain a link-budget for the wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Aamir Akram, Erik Richard Stauffer, Sharath Ananth, Chien Pin Chiu, Shihhao Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230379722
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for enhanced uplink spectrum sharing. A base station communicates, to a user equipment (UE) an air interface resource configuration for a second air interface resource allocated to a second cell that uses a second radio access technology (RAT) and implemented by the base station. The base station receives a first air interface resource configuration for a first air interface resource allocated to a first cell that uses a first RAT, where the first air interface resource configuration differs from the second air interface resource configuration. In aspects, the base station communicates the first air interface resource configuration to the UE. Based on receiving a low-utilization indication for the first air interface resource, the base station directs the UE to utilize the first air interface resource for transmitting uplink communications using the second RAT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230370931
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for adaptive phase-changing device sharing and handover. In aspects, a second base station shares an adaptive phase-changing device (APD), with a first base station. The second base station determines to use an APD in a communication path for a second wireless link with a second user equipment. The second base station identifies a first base station using the APD in a communication path for a first wireless link with a first UE. Based on identifying the first base station using the APD, the second base station obtains apportioned access to the APD and configures a surface of the APD based on the apportioned access. The second base station uses the APD in a communication path for the second wireless link with the second UE based on the apportioned access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230370146
    Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for beam failure recovery for wireless communication in an active coordination set (ACS) by a user equipment (UE) in which the UE receives a beam-failure-recovery (BFR) Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration including multiple candidate beam configurations, each candidate beam configuration comprising a candidate BFR sub-beam configuration for each base station in the ACS. The UE detects a beam failure with the ACS and determines a respective link-quality metric for each of the received candidate beam configurations in the BFR RACH configuration. Based on the determined link-quality metrics, the UE selects a candidate beam to use for the wireless communication, and transmits a RACH message that includes an indication of the selected candidate beam, the transmitting being effective to direct the base stations in the ACS to use the selected candidate beam for the wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230354170
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for radio access technology identifiers. In aspects, a base station receives air interface resource prospective usage information associated with communications over a first wireless link of at least two wireless links that use different Radio Access Technologies (RATS). The base station then allocates the sharable air interface resource between the at least two wireless links by analyzing the air interface resource prospective usage information. In aspects, the base station transmits a RAT-identifier-presence indicator that communicates a presence of a RAT identifier by indicating one or more downlink air interface resources used to transmit the RAT identifier, where the RAT identifier indicates the allocation of the sharable air interface resource between the at least two wireless links. The base station then transmits the RAT identifier using the one or more downlink air interface resources indicated by the RAT-identifier-presence indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11804877
    Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for enhanced beam searching for an active coordination set. A user equipment (110) receives an active-coordination-set beam-sweep (602) including multiple time slots (610), each of the multiple time slots including one or more candidate beams. The user equipment (110) determines a respective link-quality metric for each of the received one or more candidate beams in each of the time slots. Based on the link-quality metrics, the user equipment (110) selects the one or more candidate beams in a time slot (610) to use for wireless communication. The user equipment (110) transmits a beam-acquired indication (620) at a first time offset (604) after the time slot (610) in which the selected one or more candidate beams are received, the transmitting directing the base stations (120) to use the selected one or more candidate beams for the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230344725
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for adapting an end-to-end, E2E, machine-learning, ML, configuration for processing communications transferred through an E2E communication. A network entity directs a user equipment (UE) and a base station participating in the E2E communication to implement the E2E communication by forming at least a portion of an E2E deep neural network, DNN, based on a first E2E ML configuration. The network entity determines to update the first E2E ML configuration based on a change in a participation mode of an edge compute server (ECS) in the E2E communication. The network entity identifies a second E2E ML configuration based on the change in participation mode and directs the UE or the base station to update the portion of the E2E DNN using the second E2E ML configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230299885
    Abstract: Two devices in wireless communication implement a soft transmission feedback scheme. A data-sending device wirelessly communicates a first transmission representing a data block and generated using one or more neural networks to a data-receiving device, which processes the first transmission using one or more neural networks to attempt to recover the data block, as well as to generate transmission feedback indicating a status of the recovery attempt. The feedback is used by one or more neural networks to generate a second transmission that is wirelessly communicated to the data-sending device. One or more neural networks process the second transmission to generate a retransmit control signal. One or more neural networks selectively include at least a portion of the data block for retransmission in a third transmission to the data-receiving device based on the retransmit control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230276424
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and means for coordinating full-duplex communication are described in which a user equipment, UE, configured as a coordinating user equipment for a user equipment-coordination set, UECS, selects a first subset of UEs in the UECS to jointly receive downlink signals and selects a second subset of UEs in the UECS to jointly transmit uplink signals. The coordinating UE receives uplink data to transmit to the network entity and receives, from the first subset of UEs, demodulated and sampled downlink data that is received concurrently with joint-transmission of the uplink data. The coordinating UE combines the samples received from each UE in the first subset of UEs and jointly processes the combined samples to provide decoded data using the received uplink data to cancel crosstalk of uplink signals for the transmitted uplink data to downlink signals to the received downlink data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11743825
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods directed to a user equipment (UE) limited-service mode for wireless communications. For a user equipment (UE) that is wirelessly communicating with a base station, a service-mode manager determines that a thermal, power, or battery condition local to the UE violates a threshold and causes the UE to transmit a message that indicates a request by the UE to enter a UE limited-service mode. The base station allocates a set of resources of the air interface to be used for wireless communications upon the UE entering the UE limited-service mode. The base station then transmits a message to the UE, directing the UE to enter the UE limited-service mode and wirelessly communicate with the base station using the allocated set of resources of the air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11737003
    Abstract: This document describes network slicing for WLAN in cellular networks. The techniques described enable the use of WLAN network slices (216c) with cellular networks (202) and mobility management of user equipment (102) between cellular networks (202) and WLAN networks (206). An Access and Mobility Function-Aggregation Proxy (AMF-AP) (218) connects one or more WLAN networks (206) to the cellular core network (110) of a network operator via the Access and Mobility Function (AMF) (212) in the core network (110). The AMF-AP (218) acts as a proxy and a firewall to protect the AMF (212) and other entities in the cellular core network (110) from malicious actors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230259772
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for deep neural network (DNN) processing for a user equipment-coordination set (UECS). A network entity selects (910) an end-to-end (E2E) machine-learning (ML) configuration that forms an E2E DNN for processing UECS communications. The network entity directs (915) each device of multiple devices participating in an UECS to form, using at least a portion of the E2E ML configuration, a respective sub-DNN of the E2E DNN that transfers the UECS communications through the E2E communication, where the multiple devices include at least one base station, a coordinating user equipment (UE), and at least one additional UE. The network entity receives (940) feedback associated with the UECS communications and identifies (945) an adjustment to the E2E ML configuration. The network entity then directs at least some of the multiple devices participating in an UECS to update the respective sub-DNN of the E2E DNN based on the adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230258759
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for determining a position of user equipment by using adaptive phase-changing devices. In aspects, a base station transmits wireless signals for a UE toward respective reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) of adaptive phase-changing devices. The APDs may direct reflections of the wireless signals in a direction, such as toward the UE, based on a configuration of the RIS of the APD. The base station receives, from the UE via a wireless connection identifiers of the reflections of the wireless signals that are received by the UE. In some cases, the base station also receives a signal quality parameter associated with the reflection reaching the UE. The base station determines angular information based on the respective identifiers and/or signal quality parameters of the reflections. Based on the angular information and known positions of the APDs, the base station determines a position of the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230239860
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and means for selection of a coordinating user equipment, UE, in a user equipment-coordination set, UECS, that facilitates selection of the coordinating UE by the UEs in the UECS are described herein. Sharing of the role of coordinating UE by UEs in the UECS can be scheduled in a round-robin manner. Selection criteria can be used to determine which one or more UEs in the UECS will offer better performance in the role of coordinating UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20230239669
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques to automatically configure a proximal device, such as a smart watch, a tablet, or any other smart device, based on configuration information sent from the user equipment (UE) to the proximal device when the local communications connection, such as a wireless connection, between the devices is weak. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically send network configuration information to the proximal device. If it is determined that there is a weak local communications connection between the UE and the proximal device the UE may automatically turn on its mobile hotspot, and automatically send the mobile hotspot configuration information to the proximal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer, Qin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230224988
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and means for managing extended device pairing by a target device and a host device are described herein. The target device transmits a pairing intent message expressing an intent to pair with the host device (2002), receives a pairing response message in response to the transmitting the pairing intent message (2004), pairs with the host device (2006), and communicates data with the host device (2008).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Erik Richard Stauffer, Jibing Wang, Aamir Akram