Patents by Inventor Liangping Ma

Liangping Ma 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: 20260238578
    Abstract: An example device for receiving data via a network includes: a memory configured to store data; and a processing system implemented in circuitry, the processing system including reception circuitry, the processing system being configured to: receive, via the reception circuitry, data representing a time between a time of transmission of a previous QUIC packet and a time of transmission of a subsequent QUIC packet; after receiving the previous QUIC packet, disable the reception circuitry for an idle time period according to the data representing the time between the time of transmission of the previous QUIC packet and the time of transmission of the subsequent QUIC packet; after the idle time period, enable the reception circuitry; and after enabling the reception circuitry, receive, via the reception circuitry, the subsequent QUIC packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Nikolai Konrad Leung
  • Publication number: 20260239105
    Abstract: An example device for receiving data via a network includes a processing system implemented in circuitry, the processing system comprising reception circuitry configured to receive packets including media data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: receive, via the reception circuitry, data representing a lower bound on a time between a time of transmission of a previous packet and a time of transmission of a subsequent packet; after receiving the previous packet, disable the reception circuitry for an idle time period according to the data representing the lower bound on the time between the time of transmission of the previous packet and the time of transmission of the subsequent packet; after the idle time period, enable the reception circuitry; and after enabling the reception circuitry, receive, via the reception circuitry, the subsequent packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi
  • Publication number: 20260237138
    Abstract: An example device for communicating augmented reality (AR) media data includes: a memory configured to store media data; and a processing system implemented in circuitry and configured to: obtain data representing a base avatar and one or more avatar assets associated with an AR user, wherein the data indicates that a base avatar repository device stores the base avatar and the one or more avatar assets; initiate an AR communication session including the AR user; and send an access token to a client device associated with at least one other user involved in the AR communication session, the access token indicating that the at least one other user has access to the base avatar and a selection of the one or more avatar assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer, Liangping Ma
  • Publication number: 20260236744
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for machine learning processing. For example, a computing device can process, using an encoder, data stored in the at least one memory of an apparatus to generate a first feature map; obtain a second feature map from a plurality of feature maps associated with processed data from a second device, wherein the second feature map includes metadata indicating how to combine the second feature map with at least one other feature map; process the first feature map and the second feature map to generate a combined feature map based on the metadata, wherein the combined feature map is a concatenation or cross-attention combination of the first feature map and the second feature map; and process the combined feature map to perform a task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Shuai ZHANG, Liangping MA, Yingyong QI
  • Patent number: 12707469
    Abstract: Aspects are provided for enhancing a physical uplink control channel PUCCH) with frequency hopping for PUCCH repetition prior to dedicated PUCCH resource configuration. For example, the PUCCH may carry a HARQ ACK for Message 4 or Message B. An apparatus such as a user equipment (UE) receives an indication that a cell supports an enhanced physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) frequency hopping pattern for PUCCH with repetition prior to dedicated PUCCH resource configuration. The UE indicates at least one of a capability or a request of the UE for the enhanced PUCCH frequency hopping pattern. The UE receives downlink control signaling that indicates whether the enhanced PUCCH frequency hopping pattern is configured. The UE transmits a PUCCH with repetition and frequency hopping based on whether the enhanced PUCCH frequency hopping pattern is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Bharat Shrestha, Changhwan Park, Ayan Sengupta, Umesh Phuyal
  • Patent number: 12707409
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a serving node associated with a non-terrestrial network (NTN), one or more timing advance (TA) values. The UE may transmit, to the serving node of the NTN, uplink signaling based at least in part on a reference timing for the uplink signaling, wherein the reference timing for the uplink signaling is based at least in part on a reference timing of a downlink signaling and the one or more TA values, wherein the one or more TA values include a UE-specific TA value, and wherein a reference timing of the UE-specific TA value is for: a first propagation delay on a service link between the UE and a satellite associated with the NTN, and a second propagation delay on the service link. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Changhwan Park, Xiao Feng Wang, Jae Ho Ryu, Liangping Ma
  • Patent number: 12707408
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating a time domain window (TDW) configuration including a start time of a TDW and a length of the TDW, where the TDW is a duration over which a network entity is scheduled to perform joint channel estimation. The UE may receive a timing advance (TA) command during the TDW indicating a TA value to apply to signaling. The UE may transmit the signaling in accordance with the TA value or independent of the TA value based on the UE prioritizing the TA adjustment or maintaining power consistency and phase continuity for DMRS bundling, respectively. The UE may determine whether to prioritize the TA adjustment or DMRS bundling for the joint channel estimation based on one or more parameters satisfying criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohamad Sayed Hassan, Lianghai Ji, Liangping Ma, Jun Ma, Qiang Wu, Huilin Xu, Weimin Duan, Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, Karthik Anantha Swamy
  • Publication number: 20260231232
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, signaling indicating that the network node supports UE-specific repetitions for a random access channel (RACH) transmission from the network node during a RACH procedure. The UE may receive, from the network node, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling the RACH transmission from the network node, wherein the DCI comprises an indication of a quantity of repetitions for the RACH transmission that is specific to the UE. The UE may perform a decode operation for the RACH transmission based at least in part on monitoring for the quantity of repetitions of the RACH transmission. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Bharat SHRESTHA, Jae Ho RYU, Le LIU, Umesh PHUYAL, Changhwan PARK
  • Publication number: 20260230203
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for interference measurement resource determination for terrestrial network (TN)-non-terrestrial network (NT) spectrum sharing. A method for wireless communications by a first user equipment (UE) generally includes obtaining an indication of at least one first interference measurement occasion; obtaining an indication of a time shift and a frequency shift; and sending an indication of an interference measurement for at least one second interference measurement occasion, wherein the at least one second interference measurement occasion is based on the at least one first interference measurement occasion and at least one of the time shift or the frequency shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Huilin XU, Xiao Feng WANG
  • Publication number: 20260222851
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for virtual bandwidth part-based interference measurement. An example method includes obtaining an indication of a first downlink bandwidth part among a set of downlink bandwidth parts; obtaining one or more configurations that indicate a measurement resource, associated with measurement of interference, is in a second downlink bandwidth part configured to satisfy one or more parameters associated with the interference, wherein the first downlink bandwidth part overlaps with the second downlink bandwidth part in a frequency domain, and wherein the first downlink bandwidth part has at least one parameter that is different from the one or more parameters associated with the interference; and monitoring for the interference in the second downlink bandwidth part during a measurement occasion associated with the measurement resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Huilin XU
  • Patent number: 12695797
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, the described techniques provide for a first wearable device and a second wearable device to initiate media sessions with a user equipment (UE) and an end device. The wearable devices may each initiate a session flow by transmitting session description protocol (SDP) offer messages to the end device. In some examples, the wearable devices may transmit capability information to the UE, and the UE may transmit an SDP offer message to the end device. The end device may begin the session after receiving the one or more SDP offer messages by transmitting one or more SDP answer messages. The wearable devices may each transmit information about a user of the wearable devices. The end device may generate streams of media content, and the UE may cast the streams of media content to the wearable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Louis Joseph Kerofsky
  • Patent number: 12696128
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless device are described. A wireless device may receive a configuration for a data radio bearer associated with voice traffic in a wireless communications network. In some examples, the configuration may indicate one or more parameters associated with the voice traffic. Additionally, or alternatively, the wireless device may receive a configuration for a data radio bearer and a configured grant associated with voice traffic. The wireless device may identify a mapping between a configured grant identifier and the data radio bearer based on the configuration In some examples, the wireless device may generate a transport block including the voice traffic based on the one or more parameters associated with the voice traffic or the mapping between the configured grant identifier and the data radio bearer. The wireless device may then transmit the generated transport block including the voice traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bharat Shrestha, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Umesh Phuyal, Mungal Singh Dhanda, Ayan Sengupta, Xiao Feng Wang, Liangping Ma
  • Patent number: 12690038
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more sets of contiguous time domain resources for a multi-slot transmission occasion. The UE may select, for a communication on the multi-slot transmission occasion, coded bits of a plurality of coded bits on one of the per slot basis or the per segment basis, for each of a plurality of segments, each segment including one of the one or more sets of contiguous time domain resources and spanning across at least two slots. The UE may interleave the coded bits on one of the per slot basis or the per segment basis to form one or more interleaved encoded bit sequences of a codeblock. The UE may transmit the communication including the one or more interleaved encoded bit sequences. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gokul Sridharan, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Hung Dinh Ly, Xiao Feng Wang, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Liangping Ma, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12689751
    Abstract: An example device for processing video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and a processing system implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: receive data representing a plurality of neural networks associated with a video bitstream, each of the plurality of neural networks having a different type; receive data representing an update to at least one of the neural networks, the data including a type corresponding to the at least one of the neural networks and a neural network structure for the update; update the neural network according to the data representing the update to generate an updated neural network; and provide video data from the video bitstream to the updated neural network to cause the updated neural network to process the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Imed Bouazizi, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Patent number: 12690045
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition of a PDCCH in a slot. The UE may receive a second PDCCH repetition of the PDCCH in the slot. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jae Ho Ryu, Xiao Feng Wang, Hobin Kim, Liangping Ma
  • Patent number: 12688650
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for establishing one or more virtual sessions between users. For instance, a first device can transmit, to a second device, a call establishment request for a virtual representation call for a virtual session and can receive, from the second device, a call acceptance indicating acceptance of the call establishment request. The first device can transmit, to the second device, first mesh information for a first virtual representation of a first user of the first device and first mesh animation parameters for the first virtual representation. The first device can receive, from the second device, second mesh information for a second virtual representation of a second user of the second device and second mesh animation parameters for the second virtual representation. The first device can generate, based on the second mesh information and the second mesh animation parameters, the second virtual representation of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michel Adib Sarkis, Chiranjib Choudhuri, Ke-Li Cheng, Ajit Deepak Gupte, Ning Bi, Cristina Dobrin, Ramesh Chandrasekhar, Imed Bouazizi, Liangping Ma, Thomas Stockhammer, Nikolai Konrad Leung
  • Publication number: 20260205507
    Abstract: An example device for communicating augmented reality (AR) media data includes: a memory configured to store an avatar and selected assets for the avatar of a participant in an AR communication session; and a processing system implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive an avatar representation format (ARF) manifest file associated with an access token for a main ARF container including assets for the avatar associated with the participant in the AR communication session; receive data representing the selected assets for the avatar; send a request for the selected assets, the request including data representing the access token; and receive the selected assets in response to the request. The processing system may further receive an animation stream and animate the avatar and the selected assets during the AR communication session according to the animation stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer, Liangping Ma
  • Patent number: 12684025
    Abstract: An example server device for sending media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and a processing system implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive a set of three-dimensional (3D) media data being sent to a client device; transcode the set of 3D media data to a set of one or more images; and send the set of one or more images to the client device. The server device may receive a message from a source client device destined for the client device, where the message includes the 3D media data. The message may be a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message including the 3D media data. The client device may initially provide data representing rendering capabilities of the client device to the server device, such that the server device may determine that the client device is not capable of rendering the 3D media data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Liangping Ma, Thomas Stockhammer, Nikolai Konrad Leung
  • Patent number: 12684370
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station. The beam configuration may include a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. The UE may determine beam position information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. The UE may select a directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam position information and the beam classification information, and communicate with the base station using the selected directional beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang, Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Bharat Shrestha, Jun Ma, Peter Gaal, Umesh Phuyal, Dan Zhang, Huilin Xu, Yiqing Cao
  • Patent number: 12682582
    Abstract: Extended reality (XR) management systems and techniques are described. In some examples, an XR management system receives sensor data from an XR interface device having at least one sensor. The XR management system generates, based on the receipt of the sensor data from the XR interface device, processing instructions for an XR processing device to process the sensor data to generate XR content. The XR management system sends the sensor data and the processing instructions to the XR processing device. The XR management system receives the XR content from the XR processing device. The XR management system generates layer content. The XR management system sends the XR content and the layer content to the XR interface device to cause the XR interface device to output the XR content and the layer content in a layered arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Bojan Vrcelj, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Liangping Ma