Patents by Inventor Md Saifur Rahman

Md Saifur Rahman 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).

  • UPLINK TRANSMIT BEAM SELECTION BASED ON DOWNLINK AND UPLINK RESOURCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS
    Publication number: 20220014956
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment comprises transmitting a capability information including a total number (Xtot) of transmit-receive (Tx-Rx) entities at the UE; receiving, based on the capability information, configuration information including information on reporting a selection of Y Tx-Rx entities; selecting, based on the configuration information, the Y Tx-Rx entities; determining a report including an indication about the selection of the Y Tx-Rx entities; and transmitting the report, wherein the Y Tx-Rx entities are selected from X Tx-Rx entities that comprise all of or a subset of the Xtot Tx-Rx entities at the UE, and X?Xtot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag, Gilwon Lee
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PHYSICAL LAYER BEAM INDICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220015082
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for physical layer beam indications. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for reception and transmission of downlink (DL) channels and uplink (UL) channels, respectively; receiving one or more TCI state identifiers (IDs); and transmitting an acknowledgement in response to the reception of the one or more TCI state IDs. The method further includes, based on the acknowledgement: determining, based on the one or more TCI state IDs, one or more second TCI states; determining a time to apply the one or more second TCI states; and updating one or more spatial filters based on the one or more second TCI states. The method further includes receiving and transmitting data on the DL channel and UL channels, respectively, using the one or more spatial filters starting at the determined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT BEAM SELECTION PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20220007299
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment comprises receiving configuration information including information on measurement reference signal (RS) resources and information on a beam reporting; receiving the measurement RS resources; measuring the measurement RS resources; determining, based on the measured measurement RS resources, the beam reporting; and transmitting the beam reporting, wherein the beam reporting includes: Q1 pairs of (I1, J1), wherein I1 comprises a first resource indicator and J1 comprises a first beam metric, and an additional information including a second metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Gilwon Lee, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE SEGMENTED CSI REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220006494
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs) and CSI feedback configuration information, estimating a channel based on the received CSI-RSs, determining, based on the estimated channel and the CSI feedback configuration information, a number of non-zero coefficients (KlNZ) for each layer (l) of a total number of ? layers, wherein ??1 is a rank value, and a sum of the KlNZ across each of the ? layers as a total number of non-zero coefficients (KNZ), where KNZ=?l=1?KlNZ. The method further comprises transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the KNZ value over an uplink (UL) channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT-BASED UPLINK TRANSMIT BEAM SWITCH
    Publication number: 20210410130
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment comprises receiving configuration information including information on a beam indication indicating N uplink (UL) transmit beams, where N>1; receiving the beam indication; determining whether an event is detected; selecting a beam from the N UL transmit beams based on whether the event is detected or not; and transmitting an UL transmission using the selected beam, wherein the beam refers to a spatial property used to receive or transmit a source reference signal (RS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT BEAM SELECTION
    Publication number: 20210399783
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for uplink transmit beam selection. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information including information on a plurality of measurement reference signal (RS) resources and information on a beam reporting, measuring the measurement RS resources, and calculating the beam reporting based on the measurement. The method further includes determining whether a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit is met and transmitting the beam reporting. Content of the beam reporting depends on whether the MPE limit is met or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman, Emad N. Farag
  • Method and apparatus for low-latency beam selection
    Patent number: 11206076
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for low-latency beam selection. A method for operating user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information on a set of uplink (UL) beams and at least one associated sounding reference signal (SRS) resource. Each of the UL beams is associated with one RS resource. The method further includes detecting that an event occurs; calculating an UL beam reporting associated with at least one of the UL beams; initiating or receiving a request for an SRS transmission; and transmitting the UL beam reporting after the event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM RECOVERY IN NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210392634
    Abstract: A beam failure recovery procedure in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), at least one beam failure detection reference signal (RS) and at least one new candidate beam RS over a downlink channel; identifying a set of RS resources including an index for the at least one beam failure detection RS; identifying a set of RS resources including an index for the at least one new candidate beam RS; identifying a dedicated control-resource set (CORESET) received from the BS for a beam failure recovery request; transmitting, to the BS, the beam failure recovery request associated with a quality measurement of the at least one beam failure detection RS over a physical random access channel (PRACH); and receiving, from the BS, a beam failure response in response to the beam failure recovery request based on the dedicated CORESET indicated to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Li Guo, Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONS FOR MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS
    Publication number: 20210385807
    Abstract: A method for operating a UE comprises receiving configuration information including a list of CCs and a set of TCI states; receiving, based on the configuration information, a TCI state update via a medium, wherein: the TCI state update is common for a first subset of CCs, the first subset of CCs includes n?N CCs, and N=a number of CCs in the list of CCs; and for each CC(i) in the first subset of CCs, determining a beam based on the TCI state update, and applying the beam for a reception of a downlink control channel or a downlink data channel associated with the CC(i), wherein i is an index and takes a value from {1, 2, . . . , n}, wherein the beam is determined based on a spatial quasi-co-location property used to receive or transmit a source RS indicated via the TCI state update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • CAPABILITY SIGNALING TO ENABLE FULL POWER UPLINK TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20210385761
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting UE capability information including a full power transmission capability, wherein the full power transmission capability includes information (I) to indicate multiple transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) groups that deliver full power; receiving configuration information for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission; receiving a TPMI indicating a precoding matrix and a number of layers for the PUSCH transmission; determining the PUSCH transmission based on the configuration information; determining a power level for the PUSCH transmission, wherein the power level corresponds to full power if the TPMI is included in one of the multiple TPMI groups that deliver full power; and transmitting the PUSCH transmission with the determined power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Capability signaling to enable full power uplink transmission
    Patent number: 11184865
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises transmitting, to a base station (BS), UE capability information including a full power transmission capability of the UE, wherein the full power transmission capability of the UE includes a parameter S to indicate a group of full power transmit precoding matrix indicators (TPMIs); receiving, from the BS, configuration information for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, wherein the configuration information includes a TPMI; determining the PUSCH transmission; determining a power level for the PUSCH transmission; and transmitting, to the BS, the PUSCH transmission with the determined power level, wherein the power level corresponds to full power based on the TPMI being included in the group of full power TPMIs, and wherein the TPMI indicates a precoding matrix and a number of layers for the PUSCH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210359745
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for high speed beam management. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receiving configuration information for group TCI indices, wherein a group TCI index, m, of the group TCI indices is associated with a group of TCI states; receiving configuration information on which TCI states within the group of TCI states to apply to at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and receiving the group TCI index. The method further includes decoding a channel conveying the group TCI index; determining, at least based on the decoded group TCI index, one or more TCI states to apply to the at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and at least one of (i) receiving the downlink channels and (ii) transmitting the uplink channels using the determined one or more TCI states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING HIGHER-RESOLUTION CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI)
    Publication number: 20210352513
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) comprises receiving configuration information for K CSI reports, wherein the configuration information includes resource allocation information for an uplink control information (UCI) transmission that includes UCI comprising N UCI parts, calculating the K CSI reports and partitioning the K CSI reports into N parts, determining an available number of information bits (B1) for the UCI transmission according to the resource allocation information, determining a required number of information bits (B2) for the UCI transmission according to the calculated K CSI reports, determining whether the B2 exceeds the B1; and transmitting, to the BS over one slot of an uplink channel, a first part of the N UCI parts including a first of the N parts of the K CSI reports when the B2 exceeds the B1, wherein K and N are positive integers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Li Guo
  • Method and apparatus for channel and interference measurement and reporting
    Patent number: 11166186
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for uplink multi-beam operation. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving from a base station (BS), configuration information on channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) and configuration information on beam reporting, measuring the CSI-RSs for calculating the beam reporting, and transmitting the beam reporting. The configuration information on the CSI-RSs includes at least one parameter for a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one parameter for an interference measurement resource (IMR). At least one of the CSI-RSs is configured as a CMR and at least one other of the CSI-RSs is configured as an IMR. The configuration information on the beam reporting includes a selection between RS received power (RSRP) and signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman
  • GROUP-BASED DYNAMIC BEAM INDICATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20210337547
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication, the configuration information including a set of TCI states and information for configuring a medium for the TCI state indication; receiving, based on the configuration information, the TCI state indication via the configured medium, wherein the TCI state indication indicates M>1 TCI states; determining M beams based on the M TCI states, applying at least one of the M beams for a reception of a downlink (DL) data channel, and applying a control beam determined based on the M beams for a reception of a DL control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • Method and apparatus for codebook design and signaling
    Patent number: 11152979
    Abstract: To employ codebook design and signaling for multiple transmit antennas, a user equipment (UE) apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver operably connected to the processor. The transceiver is configured to receive configuration information for a channel state information (CSI) process, receive configuration information for a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource; receive configuration information for a MIMO type; and receive a plurality of codebook parameters when the MIMO type is non-precoded. A base station (BS) apparatus for codebook design and signaling includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The processor is configured to configure a UE with a CSI process and a CSI-RS resource, configure the UE with a MIMO type, and cause the transceiver to transmit configuration information for the CSI process, the CSI-RS resource, and the MIMO type to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman, Boon Loong Ng, Young-Han Nam, Hyoungju Ji, Hoondong Noh
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20210321378
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information including P>1 beam switching time (BST) values and a set of TCI states; receiving, based on the configuration information, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state update; determining a beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the beam for a downlink (DL) reception or an uplink (UL) transmission, at least after a duration of time from receiving the TCI state update, wherein the duration of time is determined based on the P BST values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DOWNLINK MULTI-BEAM OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20210321373
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication via a downlink control information (DCI), the configuration information including a set of TCI states and information for configuring the DCI from one of a downlink (DL) DCI (DL-DCI) and a DL-TCI-DCI, wherein the DL-DCI schedules a DL physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) assignment and the DL-TCI-DCI is a dedicated DCI for TCI state indication; receiving, based on the configuration information, the configured DCI; decoding the configured DCI to obtain a TCI state update; determining a receive beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the receive beam for a reception of a DL control or a DL data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi, Emad N. Farag
  • FULL POWER UPLINK TRANSMISSION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210314037
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for an uplink (UL) transmission, comprising: receiving a configuration information including a full power mode and indicating an UL codebook, wherein: the UL codebook is one of a first codebook and a second codebook, when the full power mode is set to full power mode 1, and the UL codebook is one of the first codebook, the second codebook, and a third codebook, when the full power mode is either not provided or is set to a value other than the full power mode 1; identifying the UL codebook to use for the UL transmission based on the configuration information; and transmitting the UL transmission based on the UL codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL-BASED BEAM MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210314931
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for UL reference signal-based beam management. A method of operating a UE includes receiving configuration information for UL reference signals for beam management, source reference signals for spatial relation, and a beam report; receiving the source reference signals; and measuring a signal quality metric for the source reference signals for spatial relation. The method further includes transmitting a beam report based on measured signal quality metric and receiving, in response to the beam report, updated configuration information for the UL reference signals for beam management. The method further includes determining a time for update of the UL reference signals for beam management and transmitting the UL reference signals for beam management based on the updated configuration information at the determined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman, Aris Papasakellariou