Patents by Inventor Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison 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: 11812435
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting multi-beam channel state information, CSI, in a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes providing an indication of a plurality of beam index pairs, (lk, mk), in the UCI in a first transmission, each beam index pair corresponding to a beam k. The method also includes providing an indication of at least one of a beam power, a beam rotation and a channel quality index, CQI, in the UCI in a second transmission. The method also includes transmitting at least one of the indication of beam index pairs, beam power, beam rotation and CQI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Mark Harrison, Sebastian Faxér, Shiwei Gao, Stephen Grant, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11811702
    Abstract: System and method for flexible channel state information-reference signal transmission A method by a wireless device is provided for restricting channel state information (CSI) measurement. The method includes receiving, from a network node, information identifying a first subset of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources to be used in performing CSI measurements. The first subset of CSI-RS resources are associated with a first portion of a frequency band that is less than all of the frequency band. CSI measurements are performed in the first subset of CSI-RS resources that are associated with the first portion of the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan
  • Publication number: 20230354340
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal on physical control channel. A method comprises: determining that a terminal device has a capability of transmitting the uplink signal on physical control channel in at least a first time instant and a second time instant coherently; performing a first transmission of the uplink signal on physical control channel in the first time instant in a first set of subcarriers; and performing a second transmission of the uplink signal on physical control channel in the second time instant in a second set of subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Su, Zhipeng Lin, Robert Mark Harrison, Andreas Cedergren
  • Patent number: 11804885
    Abstract: A method, in a radio network node, comprises identifying, among a predetermined codebook of precoding matrix codewords, a subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device in channel-state-information, CSI, feedback, and transmitting, to the wireless device, a bitmap identifying the subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device; where each bit in the bitmap corresponds to only one combination of a first dimension index l?1 and a second dimension index l?2 out of the possible combinations of the first dimension index l?1 and the second dimension index l?2, and where the first dimension index l?1 and the second dimension index l?2 identify a two-dimensional beam, the two-dimensional beam being defined by a vector of complex numbers comprised within at least one column of a precoding matrix codeword in the codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20230345494
    Abstract: Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A first example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink control channel carrying a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator, mapping the PUCCH resource indicator to a first offset, mapping a position of the downlink control channel to a second offset, and mapping a linear combination of the first and second offsets to an index identifying a first PUCCH resource. A second example method disclosed herein includes, in response to receiving, at a UE, an indication of a dynamic resource offset in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) transmitted in a first ePDCCH set, determining a position of the ePDCCH and a subframe offset, and processing the indication of the dynamic resource offset, the position and the subframe offset to determine an allocated uplink control channel resource for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mark HARRISON, Shiwei GAO, Yufei Wu BLANKENSHIP
  • Patent number: 11800561
    Abstract: Methods, wireless devices and network nodes for avoiding collision between a downlink control channel and a aperiodic channel state information reference signal, aperiodic CSI-RS, are provided. According to some aspects, a method is provided that includes receiving an aperiodic channel state information reference signal, aperiodic CSI-RS, based on an assumption that the aperiodic CSI-RS is not present in physical layer resources corresponding to a downlink control channel set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Florent Munier, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11792773
    Abstract: A user equipment, base station and method for transmitting semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are provided. The user equipment includes processing circuitry configured to receive a control signaling message the control signaling message configuring the user equipment with at least one SP CSI report configuration on the PUSCH, and the message identifying a SP CSI reporting periodicity. The user equipment also receives physical layer control signaling identifying and activating the at least one SP CSI report configuration. Transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit a plurality of SP CSI reports, the reports being transmitted with the periodicity and according to the physical layer control signaling and the control signaling message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Mark Harrison, Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Siva Muruganathan, Sebastian Faxér
  • Publication number: 20230317667
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor are provided. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. A first surface of a metal silicide layer may be treated with an oxidizing agent to oxidize metal silicide protrusions on the first surface of the metal silicide layer. After treating the first surface with the oxidizing agent, the first surface may be treated with a cleaning agent to remove oxide over the metal silicide protrusions, wherein a size of a metal silicide protrusion of the metal silicide protrusions after treating the first surface with the cleaning agent is smaller than a size of the metal silicide protrusion prior to treating the first surface with the oxidizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Mark HARRISON
  • Patent number: 11774693
    Abstract: An I/O connector includes a body comprising a first surface, a second surface, side surfaces extending between the first surface and the second surface, and a cable entrance port at a rear end of the body extending toward a front end of the body. The I/O connector includes a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned between the first surface and the second surface of the body. The PCB includes a first set of one or more electrical components mounted on a first side of the PCB. A first heatsink is disposed on the first surface. The I/O connector includes first heatpipe thermally coupled with the first heatsink and the first set of one or more electrical components, positioned between the first surface and the first side of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Shiping Yu, Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11771597
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating multi-spot laser light beams, multiplexing an illumination light and the multi-spot laser light beams, delivering the multiplexed light to a surgical handpiece via a multi-core optical fiber cable, and delivering the multiplexed light onto patient anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald David Bacher, Mark Harrison Farley, Alireza Mirsepassi, Ronald T. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230300891
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for random access procedure. A method performed by a terminal device comprises transmitting multiple preambles on different transmission chains of the terminal device to a network node. The multiple preambles are associated with a same or different synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Su, Johan Axnäs, Robert Mark Harrison, Zhipeng Lin, David Astely
  • Publication number: 20230291451
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for transmitting CSI report. For example, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed at a terminal device, including: transmitting a first CSI report; transmitting a second CSI report; wherein at least a portion of the second CSI report is obtained based on the first CSI report. For example, a second aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed at a terminal device, including: transmitting a first CSI report; and transmitting, to a network node, a change indicator about whether at least a portion of the first CSI report changes. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the success rate of transmitting a CSI report may be improved and the payload for transmitting a CSI report may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ling SU, Zhipeng LIN, Ritesh SHREEVASTAV, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Publication number: 20230291447
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a power to be used for a set of antenna ports for a physical uplink shared channel transmission. In some embodiments, a User Equipment (UE) comprises processing circuitry configured to derive a power P to be used for uplink power control for a physical uplink shared channel transmission and determine a power to be used for a set of antenna ports based on the power P according to a rule that depends on whether the UE is utilizing codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for the physical uplink shared channel transmission. The set of antenna ports is antenna ports on which the physical uplink shared channel transmission is transmitted with non-zero power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Niklas Wernersson, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11757552
    Abstract: Performing a superposed transmission in a wireless communications network. The superposed transmission includes a first signal intended for a first wireless device and a second signal intended for a second wireless device that are superposed and transmitted simultaneously by the network node on the same transmission resources. A first ratio and a second ratio of the total transmission power available for the superposed transmission are determined. The first ratio is to be used for the first signal and the second ratio is to be used for the second signal. Information indicating the first and/or second ratio is transmitted to at least the first wireless device and the superposed transmission to the first and second wireless device is performed simultaneously on the same transmission resources by transmitting the first signal using a transmission power according to the first ratio and the second signal using a transmission power according to the second ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Robert Mark Harrison, Bo Lincoln, Siva Muruganathan, Zhang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11757691
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for multiple access transmission. The method includes: determining (S401) a first signature allocated to a first transmission; and determining (S402) a second signature allocated to a second transmission. With hopping of the signature, the successful rate of NOMA transmission in the communication system will be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Ali Behravan, Robert Mark Harrison, Robert Baldemair, Andres Reial, Behrooz Makki
  • Patent number: 11757499
    Abstract: Example embodiments are presented for codebook subset restriction and precoder selection in wireless communications systems. For instance, an example method for codebook subset restriction at a user equipment (UE) is presented. In the example method, the UE can receive, from a network node such as a gNB, codebook subset restriction (CBSR) signaling for a first component common to precoders in a first group of codebooks. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a restriction of the first component maps to a restriction of a second component and the second component is common to precoders in a second group of codebooks. In addition, the example method includes restricting precoders selectable from a codebook in the second group of codebooks based on the second component. Network-side methods are presented, as well as example UEs and network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11757591
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that performs control signal transmission according to a single-segment subframe format is described. In an aspect, the UE selects a single-segment subframe format as an uplink transmission format for a subframe instead of a multi-segment subframe format. This selection may be based on an indication received by a network node that the single-segment subframe format is to be used for transmission of the one or more control signals. In addition, the UE transmits the one or more control signals on an uplink control channel using the single-segment subframe format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Florent Munier, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11757495
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a user equipment for reporting channel state information. The user equipment is configured with two or more channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resources in a CSI-RS resource set. The method comprises: selecting at least two CSI-RS resources from the CSI-RS resource set, wherein each of the at least two selected CSI-RS resources are associated to a set of spatially multiplexed layers, wherein different sets comprise different layers; determining a preferred precoder matrix for the selected CSI-RS resources; and transmitting a CSI report indicating the selected CSI-RS resources and the preferred precoder matrices. The method may further comprise calculating a channel estimate for the selected CSI-RS resources, and determining a channel quality indicator, CQI, corresponding to a hypothetical transmission from a plurality of effective channels where layers transmitted through the effective channels mutually interfere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Robert Mark Harrison, Andreas Nilsson, Niklas Wernersson
  • Patent number: 11757513
    Abstract: A method performed by a radio device 6 for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback in a communication system 1 comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) node 3 comprises receiving, from the RAN node, information about a CSI Reference Signal (RS) resource, a first CSI type and a second CSI type for feedback. The method also comprises receiving, from the RAN node, a CSI feedback request for CSI measurement and feedback of the first CSI type or the second CSI type. The method also comprises measuring CSI of the indicated type based on signals received on the CSI-RS resource. The method also comprises sending, to the RAN node, a CSI report of the requested CSI type. A corresponding method in a RAN node is furthermore presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Stephen Grant
  • Patent number: 11757511
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reporting Channel State Information (CSI), including ordering of CSI in Uplink Control Information (UCI), are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a method performed in a wireless device for reporting CSI comprises at least one of: receiving an indication of a resource allocation for an UL transmission; determining, from the indication, a maximum container size for a CSI report; mapping the one or more information bits of a CSI report to a bitstream, optionally such that a first CSI subset is mapped to more significant bits than a second CSI subset; and omitting the one or more least significant bits of the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Robert Mark Harrison