Patents by Inventor Marco Papaleo

Marco Papaleo 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: 20210051595
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a base station may signal one or more emission limits for one or more different frequency bands, and two or more values for one of the emission limits may be provided. A first subset of user equipments (UEs) may be capable of aerial operations (e.g., unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones) and may use a first value of the first emission limit and the second subset of UEs may not capable of aerial operations and may use a second value of the first emission limit. A UE status such as altitude or position, or transmission directivity may also be used to determine if the UE is to apply the first value or the second value for an emission limit of a frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Marco Papaleo, Le Liu, Umesh Phuyal, Stefano Faccin, Timo Ville Vintola, Gene Fong, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu
  • Publication number: 20210036811
    Abstract: Techniques for a node to adjust or update its CW are provided. The node transmits at least one transmission during a channel occupancy time (COT). The node can determine or adjust a contention window (CW) size following the end of COT based on whether feedback for a transmission is received or could be scheduled during the COT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kapil BHATTAD, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Maarten Menzo WENTINK, Marco PAPALEO, Jing SUN, Pravjyot Singh DEOGUN
  • Patent number: 10912040
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may determine an emissions mask (e.g., an in-band emission (IBE) mask) for a user equipment (UE) which may be determined based on the total number of UEs scheduled by the base station for uplink transmissions during a same transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit downlink control information (DCI) to the UE indicating the emissions mask. The base station may additionally transmit a grant to the UE allocating resources for the UE based on the UE's position relative to other UEs served by the base station. The UE may receive the DCI and may map the emissions mask to a maximum power reduction (MPR). Based on the MPR, the UE may determine a transmit power and may transmit an uplink transmission to the base station according to the transmission power and the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alessio Marcone, Marco Papaleo, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Sumant Jayaraman Iyer, Timo Ville Vintola
  • Publication number: 20200413440
    Abstract: In a particular implementation, a method of wireless communication includes detecting, at a first user equipment (UE) corresponding to a first protocol, one or more time slots during which a second UE corresponding to a second protocol is transmitting via a wireless channel. The first protocol is different than the second protocol. The method also includes transmitting, by the first UE, a message via the wireless channel during at least one time slot and according to a pattern based on the detected one or more time slots. The pattern indicates a set of time slots designated as unavailable based on use by one or more UEs corresponding to the second protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Alessio Marcone, Marco Papaleo
  • Publication number: 20200367225
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a duty cycle function corresponding to a duty cycle range. In some cases, the UE may determine the duty cycle function based on a congestion metric. The UE may identify a bandwidth allocation for the UE and may determine a duty cycle within the duty cycle range based on the duty cycle function and the bandwidth allocation. In some cases, the UE may identify one or more of the duty cycle function, the congestion metric, the duty cycle range, or the bandwidth allocation based on control signaling from a base station. The UE may transmit a packet within the bandwidth allocation in accordance with the duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Shailesh Patil, Xiao Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 10812214
    Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes sensing an indication of first radio access technology (RAT) communications occupying a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and configuring, in response to the sensing, at least one parameter of a second RAT used by a device to contend for access to the band. A second method includes randomly selecting a number from a range of numbers extending between a lower bound and an upper bound; contending for access to a shared radio frequency spectrum band by performing an extended clear channel assessment (ECCA) procedure over a plurality of CCA slots, the plurality of CCA slots including a first number of CCA slots equal to the upper bound; and winning contention for access to the band after determining, while performing the ECCA procedure, that the band is available for a second number of CCA slots equal to the randomly selected number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Marco Papaleo, Rahul Malik, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10791561
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for beamforming in environments with angular constraints are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) or base station may configure beam parameters based on a sensitivity level of a neighboring wireless device (e.g., a satellite). The configuration of beam parameters may be based on an interference power profile (e.g., threshold(s) indicated by an interference power profile). The interference power profile may specify a mask, which may indicate allowed or unintended directions for transmission or a transmission power mask. A beamformed transmission may be in accordance with the configured beam parameters, which may result in a reduced transmission power in one or more directions, compliance with total power limits, peak power limits, or energy radiated over a period of time, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Alessio Marcone, Marco Papaleo, Junyi Li
  • Publication number: 20200305173
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) may identify a transmission timing scheme for a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the transmission timing scheme comprising a first set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a first RAT and a second set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a second RAT. The wireless device may transmit, during a time interval of the first set of time intervals, a channel reservation signal indicating an end time of the time interval and indicating that the wireless device uses the first RAT. The wireless device may transmit, based at least in part on the transmitted channel reservation signal, over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during at least a portion of the time interval before the end time of the time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Xiao Feng Wang, Shailesh Patil, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Lansford, Jamshid Khun-Jush
  • Publication number: 20200235791
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving a transmission parameter of a second wireless network, scanning, based on the transmission parameter, for transmission activity of the second wireless network using a set of beams generated in accordance with a beamforming codebook, and opportunistically communicating with a second wireless device of the first wireless network using the beamforming codebook based on the scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Marco Papaleo, Junyi Li
  • Publication number: 20200196250
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may determine an emissions mask (e.g., an in-band emission (IBE) mask) for a user equipment (UE) which may be determined based on the total number of UEs scheduled by the base station for uplink transmissions during a same transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit downlink control information (DCI) to the UE indicating the emissions mask. The base station may additionally transmit a grant to the UE allocating resources for the UE based on the UE's position relative to other UEs served by the base station. The UE may receive the DCI and may map the emissions mask to a maximum power reduction (MPR). Based on the MPR, the UE may determine a transmit power and may transmit an uplink transmission to the base station according to the transmission power and the DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Alessio Marcone, Marco Papaleo, Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Sumant Jayaraman Iyer, Timo Ville Vintola
  • Publication number: 20200077411
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for beamforming in environments with angular constraints are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) or base station may configure beam parameters based on a sensitivity level of a neighboring wireless device (e.g., a satellite). The configuration of beam parameters may be based on an interference power profile (e.g., threshold(s) indicated by an interference power profile). The interference power profile may specify a mask, which may indicate allowed or unintended directions for transmission or a transmission power mask. A beamformed transmission may be in accordance with the configured beam parameters, which may result in a reduced transmission power in one or more directions, compliance with total power limits, peak power limits, or energy radiated over a period of time, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Alessio Marcone, Marco Papaleo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 10567286
    Abstract: Improvements may be made for the congestion control considering different technologies, types of radio resources, and priorities of different packets. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines an energy-based channel busy ratio (CBR) based on a number of probes on a set of radio resources having respective energy levels greater than an energy threshold. The UE performs congestion control based on the energy-based CBR by adjusting at least one transmission parameter of one or more transmission parameters or transmission power of the UE based on the energy-based CBR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Gaurav Gupta, Shailesh Patil, Marco Papaleo
  • Publication number: 20200044971
    Abstract: Improvements may be made for an apparatus performing congestion control considering different technologies, types of radio resources, and priorities of different packets. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines a channel busy ratio (CBR). The UE determines one or more channel resource utilization limits based on the CBR, where each channel resource utilization limit of the one or more channel resource utilization limits corresponds to a respective packet priority. The one or more channel resource utilization limits are also a function of a CBR limit. The UE controls transmission of a plurality of packets based on the one or more channel resource utilization limits, and each packet of the plurality of packets has a respective packet priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kapil GULATI, Gaurav GUPTA, Shailesh PATIL, Marco PAPALEO
  • Publication number: 20200008087
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for interference mitigation. An exemplary method performed by a base station generally includes determining, based on a location of another base station and information regarding the other base station, that the other base station is likely to experience interference while receiving an uplink transmission due to a downlink transmission by the base station and forming a null in a beam of the downlink transmission in a direction matching the location of the other base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Marco PAPALEO, Alessio MARCONE, Vasanthan RAGHAVAN, Peter GAAL, Guillaume LEBRUN
  • Patent number: 10477371
    Abstract: An effective way for the cellular device-to-device communication and the short range communication to share a set of channels for communication is desired. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The apparatus determines a priority level of each channel of a plurality of channels. The apparatus determines whether a first channel of the plurality of channels, the first channel having a highest priority level, is occupied by short range wireless communication. If the first channel is occupied by the short range wireless communication, the apparatus determines availability of one or more remaining channels of the plurality of channels for a cellular device-to-device (D2D) communication, where the one or more remaining channels are different from the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Shailesh Patil, Gaurav Gupta, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Marco Papaleo
  • Publication number: 20190342029
    Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes sensing an indication of first radio access technology (RAT) communications occupying a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and configuring, in response to the sensing, at least one parameter of a second RAT used by a device to contend for access to the band. A second method includes randomly selecting a number from a range of numbers extending between a lower bound and an upper bound; contending for access to a shared radio frequency spectrum band by performing an extended clear channel assessment (ECCA) procedure over a plurality of CCA slots, the plurality of CCA slots including a first number of CCA slots equal to the upper bound; and winning contention for access to the band after determining, while performing the ECCA procedure, that the band is available for a second number of CCA slots equal to the randomly selected number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Marco Papaleo, Rahul Malik, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10447596
    Abstract: Improvements may be made for the congestion control considering different technologies, types of radio resources, and priorities of different packets. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines a channel busy ratio (CBR). The UE determines one or more channel resource utilization limits based on the CBR, wherein each channel resource utilization limit of the one or more channel resource utilization limits corresponds to a respective packet priority. The UE controls transmission of a plurality of packets based on the one or more channel resource utilization limits, each packet of the plurality of packets being associated with a respective packet priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Gaurav Gupta, Shailesh Patil, Marco Papaleo
  • Patent number: 10419157
    Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes sensing an indication of first radio access technology (RAT) communications occupying a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and configuring, in response to the sensing, at least one parameter of a second RAT used by a device to contend for access to the band. A second method includes randomly selecting a number from a range of numbers extending between a lower bound and an upper bound; contending for access to a shared radio frequency spectrum band by performing an extended clear channel assessment (ECCA) procedure over a plurality of CCA slots, the plurality of CCA slots including a first number of CCA slots equal to the upper bound; and winning contention for access to the band after determining, while performing the ECCA procedure, that the band is available for a second number of CCA slots equal to the randomly selected number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Tao Luo, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Marco Papaleo, Rahul Malik, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 10375713
    Abstract: A framework to manage coexistence of multiple technologies over multiple channels is desired. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE detects whether a second technology different from a first communication technology utilized by the UE is active on a first channel. The UE performs, based on the detection, an action associated with assigning the first communication technology to at least one of the first channel or a second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Gaurav Gupta, Shailesh Patil, Durga Prasad Malladi, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Marco Papaleo
  • Publication number: 20190069198
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may configure a secondary component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE) which is not aligned on a valid channel raster entry. The location of the secondary CC may be indicated based on a reference location relative to another frequency or another CC. The reference location of the secondary CC may be the center of the new CC, an edge of the secondary CC, the position of a subcarrier within the secondary CC, or the position of a resource. In some examples, the reference location of the secondary CC may be indicated relative a currently used CC, an arbitrary channel entry, or an absolute frequency location. In some examples, the relative location may be provided in resource blocks or subcarriers and the subcarrier spacing (SCS). The base station may indicate the width of the secondary CC to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Marco Papaleo, Masato Kitazoe