Patents by Inventor Huifa LIN

Huifa LIN 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: 12683748
    Abstract: Terminal device receives a SS/PBCH block and a high-layer parameter and determines a point A. A common resource block is determined at least based on a subcarrier 0 of the SS/PBCH block. The point A is determined at least based on a subcarrier 0 of the common resource block and an offset provided by the high-layer parameter. The offset is expressed in units of resource blocks assuming 120 KHz for FR2-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Takahisa Fukui
  • Publication number: 20260190180
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a second wireless device and in a first slot, one or more sidelink control information (SCI) indicating: sidelink transmissions, comprising sidelink RS transmissions and sidelink shared channel (SL-SCH) data, in a first slot and one or more second slots; and a first sidelink RS resource identifier indicating a first index of a first sidelink RS resource, among sidelink RS resources, for a first sidelink RS transmission of the sidelink RS transmissions in the first slot. The wireless device receives: the first sidelink RS transmission via one or more symbols of the first slot; and a second sidelink RS transmission during a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) active time and via the one or more second slots. The wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, a report comprising measurements of at least one of the first sidelink RS transmission or the second sidelink RS transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Nazanin Rastegardoost, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Huifa Lin, Hua Zhou, Gautham Prasad, Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh Dashtaki
  • Publication number: 20260173114
    Abstract: A wireless device receives sidelink control information indicating: a first priority value and a reserved resource of the second wireless device. The wireless device determines, for a sidelink transmission, a candidate resource set in a resource pool. The wireless device selects, in the candidate resource set, a resource comprising one or more subchannels in the resource pool. The resource is selected based on: excluding, for selection of the resource, one or two consecutive resources before the reserved resource; and a second priority value, associated with the sidelink transmission, being higher than the first priority value. The wireless device performs, for the sidelink transmission, a channel access procedure on a channel comprising a resource block (RB) set of a plurality of the RB sets. The wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device and based on the channel being idle, the sidelink transmission via the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Nazanin Rastegardoost, Ryan Keating
  • Patent number: 12641616
    Abstract: Provided is a transmitter configured to transmit a PUCCH by applying a transmission filter based on any one piece of spatial relation information of a spatial relation information set, and transmit a PUSCH in a slot set by applying multiple transmission filters respectively based on multiple pieces of spatial relation information included in a spatial relation information subset of the spatial relation information set. The spatial relation information subset at least includes first spatial relation information and second spatial relation information different from the first spatial relation information. The transmitter applies a transmission filter of the multiple transmission filters based on the first spatial relation information to the PUSCH of a first slot subset of the slot set. The transmitter applies a transmission filter of the multiple transmission filters based on the second spatial relation information to the PUSCH of a second slot subset of the slot set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Huifa Lin
  • Publication number: 20260142760
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver that receives a PDCCH to which DCI scheduling a PUSCH is mapped, and a transmitter that transmits the PUSCH. Frequency hopping for the PUSCH is performed based at least on the DCI, DMRS bundling for the PUSCH is performed, a first upper layer parameter and a second upper layer parameter are configured, in a case that the second upper layer parameter indicates intra-slot frequency hopping, a frequency hopping interval corresponding to the frequency hopping is one slot or less, and in a case that the second upper layer parameter indicates inter-slot frequency hopping, the frequency hopping interval is determined by the first upper layer parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Takahisa FUKUI, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Toshizo NOGAMI, Shoichi SUZUKI, Daiichiro NAKASHIMA, Wataru OUCHI, Huifa LIN, Ryota MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 12634960
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) message including a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS) and a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink. A transport block size (TBS) is determined, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, based on: a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within an RB, and the number of REs of the PRB overhead. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a TB with the TBS via the PSSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Nazanin Rastegardoost
  • Publication number: 20260129495
    Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a base station, a wireless device capability enquiry message. The wireless device transmits, and after receiving the wireless device capability enquiry message, a wireless device capability information message that includes: a first parameter indicating a first number of symbols for a first processing time of a first type of CSI report; and a second parameter indicating a delta value for a second processing time of a second type of CSI report. The first type of CSI report comprises one or more reference signal measurement results. The second type of CSI report comprises one or more prediction results. The second processing time is based on a sum of the first number of symbols and the delta value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Yuan Zhu, Hua Zhou, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 12610369
    Abstract: A terminal device comprising: a reception unit configured to detect a downlink control information (DCI) format for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a transmission unit configured to transmit the PUSCH; and a control unit configured to determine to use one of a first process for the PUSCH and a second process for the PUSCH, at least based on how the PUSCH is scheduled: wherein the first process is a resource determination process which is given based on a first configuration of multiple first resource block (RB)-sets, the second process is a resource determination process which is given based on a second configuration of multiple second RB-sets, the multiple first RB-sets and one or more first intra-cell guard bands which corresponds to the multiple first RB-sets fully occupies the carrier, and the multiple second RB-sets and one or more second intra-cell guard bands which corresponds to the multiple second RB-sets fully occupies the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Toshizo Nogami, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Huifa Lin, Wataru Ouchi, Takahisa Fukui
  • Publication number: 20260095970
    Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more configuration parameters indicating one or more time durations for performance monitoring of a prediction model. Each of the one or more time durations is associated with respective downlink reference signals (RSs) for the performance monitoring. The wireless device determines whether to use, for the performance monitoring, a plurality of first downlink RSs associated with a first time duration of the one or more time durations, wherein determining is based on a quantity of one or more first downlink RSs, among the plurality of first downlink RSs, that overlap, in the first time duration, with: one or more downlink or uplink transmissions; or one or more cell inactive time periods of downlink transmissions. The wireless device transmits, based on determining whether to use the plurality of first downlink RSs, a report of the performance monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Hua Zhou, Yunjung Yi, Yuan Zhu, Muhammad Ali Kazmi
  • Publication number: 20260089059
    Abstract: A method can include sending, by a first base station to a second base station, one or more first messages that include one or more parameters indicating a prediction of a physical resource block (PRB) usage in a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) of one or more cells of the first base station. The method can also include receiving, by the first base station from a second base station, one or more second messages that include one or more parameters indicating to report a predicted radio resource status of the one or more cells of the first base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Stanislav Filin, Kyungmin Park, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Jian Xu, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Hua Zhou, Huifa Lin, Yunjung Yi, Yuan Zhu, Gautham Prasad, Hyoungsuk Jeon, SungDuck Chun, Jinsook Ryu, Taehun Kim, Ali Cagatay Cirik
  • Patent number: 12581519
    Abstract: A wireless device receives a message indicating a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold value associated with a resource pool shared between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, and transmits, via a first resource of the resource pool, a first sidelink transmission using the first RAT based on the RSRP threshold value. The RSRP threshold value is selected based on a first priority of the first sidelink transmission using the first RAT and a second priority indicated by a first sidelink control information, SCI, using the second RAT, reserving a second resource overlapping with a periodic resource of the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Hui, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Jongwoo Hong, Nazanin Rastegardoost, Taehun Kim
  • Patent number: 12574964
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives first sidelink control information comprising one or more parameters indicating a reserved resource for a second sidelink transmission. The first wireless device initiates a channel occupancy for a first sidelink transmission before the reserved resource, wherein initiating the channel occupancy is based on: a first type of channel access procedure; and an energy detection threshold for channel occupancy sharing. The first wireless device transmits a second sidelink control information indicating sharing the channel occupancy with the second wireless device for the second sidelink transmission in the channel occupancy. The first wireless device transmits, using a second type of channel access procedure and based on sharing the channel occupancy with the second wireless device, a third sidelink transmission within the channel occupancy and after the second sidelink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Nazanin Rastegardoost, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Bing Hui, Huifa Lin
  • Publication number: 20260067907
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters for sidelink (SL) beam management. The one or more configuration parameters indicate a plurality of SL channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs). The first wireless device determines to transmit a first SL medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) for the SL beam management based on the plurality of SL CSI-RSs. The first wireless device multiplexes, in a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) and based on a priority of the first SL MAC CE being higher than a priority of data from SL traffic channel (STCH), the first SL MAC CE before data from the STCH. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, the MAC PDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Nazanin Rastegardoost
  • Patent number: 12568416
    Abstract: A first candidate secondary base station receives, from a master base station, a secondary node modification request message comprising a first identifier of a first candidate primary secondary cell group cell (PSCell), of the first candidate secondary base station, for a first layer 1 or layer 2 triggered mobility (LTM) associated with a first PSCell change to the first candidate PSCell for a wireless device, a second identifier of a second candidate PSCell for a second LTM associated with a second PSCell change to the second candidate PSCell for the wireless device, wherein the second LTM is initiated by the first candidate secondary base station, a first LTM configuration identifier indicating a first configuration of the first LTM to the first candidate PSCell, and a second LTM configuration identifier indicating a second configuration of the second LTM to the second candidate PSCell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Taehun Kim, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Stanislav Filin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Gautham Prasad, SungDuck Chun, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh Dashtaki, Fasil Abdul Latheef, Huifa Lin, Ali Cagatay Cirik
  • Patent number: 12563592
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise higher layer processing circuitry configured to acquire first radio resource control (RRC) information and second RRC information. The first RRC information configuring a semi-static channel access procedure. The second RRC information configuring a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS). The UE may also comprise receiving circuitry configured to receive the CSI-RS. If neither third RRC information for configuring a channel occupancy duration field nor fourth RRC information for configuring slot format indicator field is provided, a channel occupancy time for the semi-static channel access procedure is assumed to be a remaining channel occupancy duration indicated by the channel occupancy duration field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Tomoki Yoshimura, Huifa Lin, Wataru Ouchi, Takahisa Fukui, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20260052554
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) message including a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS) and a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink. A transport block size (TBS) is determined, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, based on: a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within an RB, and the number of REs of the PRB overhead. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a TB with the TBS via the PSSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Nazanin Rastegardoost
  • Patent number: 12550186
    Abstract: Terminal device attempts to transmit a PUSCH scheduled by a DCI format after the channel is sensed to be idle. When the start of the PUSCH is not aligned with an FFP-u, in a case that the channel access mode is configured to as semi-static, the terminal device does not initiate a COT, regardless of indication by a ChannelAccess-CPext field in the DCI format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Takahisa Fukui
  • Publication number: 20260040332
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device and via a first slot, sidelink (SL) control information (SCI) indicating a first starting symbol from a plurality of starting symbols within the first slot. The first starting symbol is for reception of a plurality of SL channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) for SL beam management. The SL beam management comprises a beam selection procedure. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, the plurality of SL CSI-RSs starting from the first starting symbol. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, a SL report, associated with the plurality of SL CSI-RSs, for the SL beam management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik
  • Publication number: 20260040337
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, one or more first sidelink (SL) reference signals for an SL communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. The first wireless device transmits to the second wireless device, based on a measurement quantity of the one or more first SL reference signals being lower than a threshold for SL communication monitoring, one or more second SL reference signals for the SL communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik
  • Publication number: 20260031950
    Abstract: A first wireless device receives one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters indicating a validity timer associated with a first sidelink (SL) reference signal. The first wireless device starts the validity timer in response to communicating with a second wireless device using the first SL reference signal. Based on the validity timer expiring, the first wireless device switches from the first SL reference signal to a second SL reference signal, and the first wireless device communicates with the second wireless device using the second SL reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Huifa Lin, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Ali Cagatay Cirik