Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Ferrari

Lorenzo Ferrari 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: 11974138
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a first transmission device incudes receiving a first set of observations from a first receiving device based on transmissions from the first transmission device to the first receiving device at a previous time slot of a fixed contention-based spectrum sharing system. The first transmission device shares a spectrum with a second transmission device. The method also includes measuring an energy level from an ongoing data transmission of the second transmission device at a current time slot. The method further includes generating, at an artificial neural network of the first transmission device, at least one of a transmission determination, a set of transmission parameters, or a combination thereof, based on a second set of observations, the energy level, and a counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Akash Sandeep Doshi, Srinivas Yerramalli, Lorenzo Ferrari, Taesang Yoo
  • Patent number: 11968541
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a first transmission device includes determining a set of spectrum sharing parameters based on sensing performed during a sensing period of a current time slot in a fixed contention based spectrum sharing system. The first transmission device shares a spectrum with a second transmission device. The method also includes determining, at a first artificial neural network of the first transmission device, a transmission device action, and/or a transmission parameter in response to receiving the set of spectrum sharing parameters. The method further includes transmitting, from the first transmission device, to a first receiving device during a data transmission phase of the current time slot based on the transmission device action and/or the transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Akash Sandeep Doshi, Srinivas Yerramalli, Lorenzo Ferrari, Taesang Yoo
  • Publication number: 20240113627
    Abstract: A method of operating a flyback converter is provided. The flyback converter comprises a transformer having a primary side winding and a secondary side winding, a primary switch at the primary side of the transformer and a secondary switch at the secondary side of the transformer, and a control unit. At the end of a switching cycle, before turning on the primary side switch: the control unit generates a Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) pulse in the secondary side winding, such that the parasitic capacitor of the primary side switch is discharged. Consequently, the primary side switch is turned on in ZVS or near ZVS conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Igor SPINELLA, Andrea ZANETTI, Lorenzo FERRARI, Alberto DIFRANCESCO, Fabio TOFFOLI
  • Publication number: 20240089041
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yih-Hao LIN, Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Lorenzo FERRARI, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Marwen ZORGUI
  • Publication number: 20240049279
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a serving BS of a UE may transmit a PDCCH communication to the UE. The PDCCH communication triggers a partial RACH procedure, whereby a RACH transmission is performed. In some designs, the RACH transmission is for positioning, and positioning measurements are performed at the serving BS and (optionally) at one or more non-serving BSs. In some designs, measurement data based on the positioning measurements are conveyed to a position estimation entity (e.g., LMF), which performs a positioning estimate of the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Lorenzo FERRARI, Yih-Hao LIN
  • Patent number: 11848882
    Abstract: Techniques are provide for calibrating device timelines for use in passive positioning of user equipment (UE). An example method for passive positioning of a user equipment includes receiving a first positioning reference signal from a first device at a first time, receiving a second positioning reference signal from a second device at a second time, receiving a timeline difference value associated with the first device and the second device, and determining a time difference of arrival between the first positioning reference signal and the second positioning reference signal based at least in part on the timeline difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Taesang Yoo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Yih-Hao Lin, Rajat Prakash
  • Patent number: 11848879
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yih-Hao Lin, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Sony Akkarakaran, Marwen Zorgui
  • Patent number: 11832295
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a serving BS of a UE may transmit a PDCCH communication to the UE. The PDCCH communication triggers a partial RACH procedure, whereby a RACH transmission is performed. In some designs, the RACH transmission is for positioning, and positioning measurements are performed at the serving BS and (optionally) at one or more non-serving BSs. In some designs, measurement data based on the positioning measurements are conveyed to a position estimation entity (e.g., LMF), which performs a positioning estimate of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Lorenzo Ferrari, Yih-Hao Lin
  • Publication number: 20230371233
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for forming multi-tier memory structures with graded characteristics across different tiers. A given memory structure includes memory cells, with a given memory cell having an access device and a storage device. The access device may include, for example, a thin film transistor (TFT) structure, and the storage device may include a capacitor. Certain geometric or material parameters of the memory structures can be altered in a graded fashion across any number of tiers to compensate for process effects that occur when fabricating a given tier, which also affect any lower tiers. This may be done to more closely match the performance of the memory arrays across each of the tiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Anil Sharma, Travis W. Lajoie, Forough Mahmoudabadi, Shailesh Kumar Madisetti, Van H. Le, Timothy Jen, Cheng Tan, Jisoo Kim, Miriam R. Reshotko, Vishak Venkatraman, Eva Vo, Yue Zhong, Yu-Che Chiu, Moshe Dolejsi, Lorenzo Ferrari, Akash Kannegulla, Deepyanti Taneja, Mark Armstrong, Kamal H. Baloch, Afrin Sultana, Albert B. Chen, Vamsi Evani, Yang Yang, Juan G. Alzate-Vinasco, Fatih Hamzaoglu
  • Patent number: 11811530
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration, the SRS resource configuration indicating at least a comb pattern for at least one SRS resource allocated to the UE and a puncturing unit for the comb pattern, wherein the comb pattern is divided into one or more puncturing units, wherein each puncturing unit comprises one or more time units of the comb pattern, and wherein each of the one or more time units comprises two or more symbols, and refrains from transmitting all SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within a first puncturing unit of the one or more puncturing units based on a determination that one or more SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within the first puncturing unit are to be dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Lorenzo Ferrari, Srinivas Yerramalli, Yih-Hao Lin, Jing Sun, Alexandros Manolakos, Rajat Prakash, Marwen Zorgui
  • Publication number: 20230343504
    Abstract: There is provided an electromagnetic device comprising multiple inductors. Each inductor having windings arranged near or on a single core, in which the device is configured such that the multiple inductors are substantially independent or magnetically isolated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Igor SPINELLA, Andrea ZANETTI, Lorenzo FERRARI, Filippo MUCCINI, Fabrizio CARAMASCHI, Alice ROVERSI, Davide ANTONELLI
  • Patent number: 11785421
    Abstract: Techniques are provide for neural network based positioning of a mobile device. An example method for determining a line of sight delay, an angle of arrival, or an angle of departure value, according to the disclosure includes receiving reference signal information, determining a channel frequency response or a channel impulse response based on the reference signal information, processing the channel frequency response or the channel impulse response with a neural network, and determining the line of sight delay, the angle of arrival, or the angle of departure value based on an output of the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Taesang Yoo, Lorenzo Ferrari, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230319763
    Abstract: A signal measuring method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, first positioning assistance data having a first area of applicability and a first positioning assistance data profile; storing the first positioning assistance data at the user equipment; determining, at the user equipment, that second positioning assistance data correspond to the first positioning assistance data based on the first area of applicability including a second area of applicability, of the second positioning assistance data, and based on a second positioning assistance data profile of the second positioning assistance data corresponding to the first positioning assistance data profile; and measuring, at the user equipment, a positioning signal corresponding to the second area of applicability using the first positioning assistance data in response to determining that the second positioning assistance data correspond to the first positioning assistance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Mukesh KUMAR, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sven FISCHER, Marwen ZORGUI, Lorenzo FERRARI, Yih-Hao LIN, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Rajat PRAKASH, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG
  • Patent number: 11716701
    Abstract: Techniques for position estimation using uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) signals via a fully or partially reciprocal wireless channel between a User Equipment (UE) and terrestrial transceiver can be enhanced by leveraging information obtained from UL or DL signals having the stronger Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). This information can include the number of paths and/or complex sinusoids, and can be shared with the base station or location server to parameterize the model of the wireless channel. In some embodiments, the UE can further determine a quality metric for the model and send it to the location server or terrestrial transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Taesang Yoo
  • Publication number: 20230175865
    Abstract: A method for determining sensor calibration parameters includes: obtaining a plurality of sets of sensor measurement values, in a sensor coordinate system, of a sensor of a user equipment; and determining the sensor calibration parameters, based on a first portion of the plurality of sets of sensor measurement values corresponding to first times at which the user equipment is at rest and based on a second portion of the plurality of sets of sensor measurement values at least some of which correspond to second times at which the user equipment is in motion, such that application of the sensor calibration parameters to a selected set of the plurality of sets of sensor measurement values yields a calibrated set of calibrated sensor measurement values in a reference coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Marwen ZORGUI, Lorenzo FERRARI, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Balwinderpal S. SACHDEV
  • Publication number: 20230180174
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network entity, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration indicating a pattern of PRS resources transmitted by at least one network node, and transmits a proposed measurement gap pattern to a serving network node, the proposed measurement gap pattern enabling the UE to measure at least a subset of PRS resources transmitted by each of the at least one network node, the proposed measurement gap pattern determined based on the pattern of PRS resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Mukesh KUMAR, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Lorenzo FERRARI, Yih-Hao LIN, Xiaoxia ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11658708
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication systems, and in particular, to techniques for generation and processing of an embedding representing a beam for communication. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a wireless node. The method generally includes receiving an embedding representing a characterization associated with a beam; providing the embedding to a machine learning (ML) model; generating one or more communication parameters for communication using the beam via the ML model based on the embedding; and communicating using the one or more communication parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lindsey Makana Kostas, Ryan Michael Carey, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Lorenzo Ferrari, Yuan Gao, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11647361
    Abstract: A wireless network including user equipment (UE) and base stations is configured to perform position determination with low latency and synchronized to a common time within a wireless network. The UE and base stations are configured to perform positioning measurements at a specific time point or within a window around the time point in a measurement period. The time point may be relative to a timing event within the wireless network, such as the beginning or end of a positioning reference signal window or a specific message in a layer 1 or layer 2 transmission. A location server may be provided with the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE and provide the position estimate to an external client within the measurement period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Stephen William Edge, Lorenzo Ferrari, Rajat Prakash, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Sven Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230124754
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration, the SRS resource configuration indicating at least a comb pattern for at least one SRS resource allocated to the UE and a puncturing unit for the comb pattern, wherein the comb pattern is divided into one or more puncturing units, wherein each puncturing unit comprises one or more time units of the comb pattern, and wherein each of the one or more time units comprises two or more symbols, and refrains from transmitting all SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within a first puncturing unit of the one or more puncturing units based on a determination that one or more SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within the first puncturing unit are to be dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoxia ZHANG, Lorenzo FERRARI, Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Yih-Hao LIN, Jing SUN, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Rajat PRAKASH, Marwen ZORGUI
  • Patent number: 11632737
    Abstract: A wireless network including user equipment (UE) and base stations is configured to perform position determination with low latency and high availability within the Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) framework. For example, the UE may be integrated as a sensor in a motion control system or similar applications. The UE and base stations are synchronized with the TSN clock, and are configured to perform positioning measurements at a specific time point within the TSN framework. The time point, for example, may be a global sampling point, at which all sensor nodes in the TSN framework perform position measurements. A location server may be provided with the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE and provide the position estimate to an external client, such as a motion controller in a motion control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajat Prakash, Lorenzo Ferrari, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Sven Fischer, Stephen William Edge