Patents by Inventor Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas
Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas 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).
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Publication number: 20230199684Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising obtaining a plurality of previous clock skews, a reported temperature and a reported time, based on the plurality of previous clock skews, the reported temperature and the reported time, obtaining a prediction of the current clock skew, determining a current clock offset based on the predicted current clock skew, determining a clock adjustment based on the current clock offset and the reported time, and determining a corrected time based on the clock adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Oana-Elena BARBU, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Daniela LASELVA
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Publication number: 20230176165Abstract: Example embodiments may relate to systems, methods and/or computer programs relating to positioning, for example for terminating or adapting an established positioning session under certain conditions. For example, the method may involve monitoring, for a plurality of time instances during transmission over a wireless channel of a positioning signal from a first terminal to a second terminal as part of a positioning session, one or more features of the wireless channel. The method may also involve identifying based on a value of one, or a combination, of the monitored one or more features between a first time instance and a second time instance, a change indicative of transition of at least one of the first and second terminals from a first environment to a second environment. The method may also involve causing termination or adaptation of the active positioning session responsive to the identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Oana-Elena BARBU, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Publication number: 20230134789Abstract: There is provided a first apparatus for a first terminal, wherein the first terminal has a unicast link established with a second terminal. The first apparatus includes at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first apparatus at least to: receive, from the second terminal, assistance information for a preferred discontinuous reception, DRX, configuration for the second terminal; determine a DRX configuration for the second terminal using: the received assistance information, and other information acquired by the first terminal related to DRX operations of terminals other than the second terminal; and provide, to the second terminal, the determined DRX configuration for the second terminal to be applied on the unicast link between the first and second terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Vinh VAN PHAN, Ling YU, Prajwal KESHAVAMURTHY
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Publication number: 20230129493Abstract: A method performed at a node where in response to receipt of a signal in a channel in the unlicensed spectrum, the node initiates a scan on one of the channels in the unlicensed spectrum to determine whether the channel is available for transmitting a response. If it is available, then a response is transmitted that comprises information regarding the quality of the channel and the quality of other channels in the unlicensed spectrum along with an indication as to whether the signal was successfully received and decoded. The method performed at the transmitting node is also disclosed, along with the transmitting and receiving nodes and a computer program for performing the methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Erika PORTELA LOPES DE ALMEIDA, Lars CHRISTENSEN, Jan HVIID, Stig BLÜCHER BRINK, Karsten PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20230096627Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of wireless communications, and in particular to techniques for performing one-step data transmissions from a User Equipment (UE) to a Base Station (BS), without requiring the UE to transit from an idle state to a connected state in a wireless communication network. To make it possible to perform the one-step data transmission, the UE receives a confirmation from the BS that the BS supports the one-step data transmission (which means that the BS has allocated, in advance, the UL resources for performing the one-step data transmission), and to have a pre-stored database associating cell IDs of different cells with corresponding pre-allocated UL resources and transmission parameters. Said confirmation from the BS may be represented by a predefined signal sequence, the presence of which will inform the UE about the possibility of performing the one-step data transmission within a cell of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Thomas Haaning Jacobsen, Benny Vejlgaard, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas
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Publication number: 20230097745Abstract: A user equipment includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to: select radio resources for a first sidelink transmission to a first user equipment based on sidelink control information from a second user equipment, the sidelink control information including at least beam information for a second sidelink transmission by the second user equipment; and perform the first sidelink transmission to the first user equipment on the selected radio resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Torsten Wildschek, Daniel Medina, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Ling Yu, Jun Tan
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Patent number: 11616562Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multi-link establishment for sidelink (SL) enhancement. A method may include transmitting, to a user equipment, a coordination request for communication over a plurality of beams. Beamformed reference signals may be exchanged with the user equipment identifying corresponding beams of the apparatus and the user equipment. Coordination information comprising at least one of preferred or non-preferred time-frequency-beam resources of the user equipment may be received from the user equipment including preferred or non-preferred radio resources of the user equipment and associated simultaneous links for their communication. At least one of preferred or non-preferred time-frequency-beam resources may be determined for their communication.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Oana-Elena Barbu, Benny Vejlgaard, Daniel Medina
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Publication number: 20230072170Abstract: It is disclosed a method, including performing a discovery process by a first user terminal in a wireless setting, wherein the discovery process includes defining a plurality of beamforming beams for a spatially selective transmission or reception, forming at least one beam sweeping pattern from the plurality of beamforming beams at the first user terminal, wherein the plurality of beamforming beams forming the at least one beam sweeping pattern differ in at least one of a range and a directivity, and wherein the range of the plurality of beamforming beams is divided in at least two categories differing in range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Jeroen WIGARD
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Patent number: 11595148Abstract: A method comprising determining that interference may occur in a wireless network an apparatus is connected to, obtaining a first link that is of a first type, obtaining a second link that is of a second type, determining data to be transmitted from the apparatus to another apparatus connected to the wireless network, determining that a transmission occurs in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link, wherein the transmission in the first link has a longer duration than transmitting the data in the second link and the transmission in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link overlap in time.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Mika Kasslin, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Adrian Garcia Rodriguez, Claudio Rosa, Olli Alanen
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Publication number: 20230056399Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a sidelink, SL, communication comprising means for transmitting a transport block, TB, via the SL communication, means for receiving a feedback in response to the transmitted TB, means for storing information contained in the transmitted TB upon receiving said feedback, means for receiving a status report comprising information associated with the TB, and means for comparing said information contained in the status report with said stored information contained in the transmitted TB in order to identify an attacker based on discrepancy between said information contained in the status report and said stored information contained in the transmitted TB.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Lianghai JI, Prajwal KESHAVAMURTHY, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Daniel MEDINA
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Publication number: 20230050074Abstract: A transmitting user equipment comprising: means for generating assistance information for a network node. The network node provides a grant of resources for sidelink communications between the transmitting and at least one receiving user equipment. The receiving user equipment is configured to operate in a discontinuous reception mode comprising a discontinuous reception cycle with an active time and an inactive time. The assistance information comprises a plurality of elements indicative of characteristics of the sidelink communications and at least one of the plurality of elements comprises an indication of the discontinuous reception mode of the receiving user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Ling YU, Vinh VAN PHAN, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Prajwal KESHAVAMURTHY
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Publication number: 20230042849Abstract: Method, apparatus, computer program for a user equipment having at least two connections to at least two network nodes, where each connection corresponds to a different user identity, selecting by the user equipment one of the at least two network nodes to communicate exclusively with during one or more time intervals; and sending by the user equipment one or more messages toward the other ones of the at least two network nodes, the one or more messages indicating to the other ones of the at least two network nodes that the user equipment is unavailable for communication during the one or more time intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Faranaz SABOURI-SICHANI, Frank FREDERIKSEN, Thomas Haaning JACOBSEN, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS
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Publication number: 20230031232Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: detecting an occurrence of a maximum permissible exposure event; and reporting maximum permissible exposure assistance information in response to the detection of the occurrence of the maximum permissible exposure event, wherein reporting the maximum permissible exposure assistance information comprises: generating a scheduled report in the event that a periodic scheduling override condition is invalid, wherein the scheduled report is sent when a first time period expires; and generating an unscheduled report in the event that the periodic scheduling override condition is valid, wherein the unscheduled report is sent without waiting for the first time period to expire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Sari Kaarina Nielsen, Benny Vejlgaard
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Patent number: 11570736Abstract: In order to perform small data transmission during an RRC_INACTIVE mode, a UE may need to determine whether the stored timing advance (TA) is valid. A TA may be valid if its usage would result in an uplink transmission arriving at a TRP of a base station during a time period during which the base station expects to receive uplink transmission. A UE may determine that a TA is valid based on a received fraction of the length of a cyclic prefix and observed SSB time shift.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Oana-Elena Barbu, Daniela Laselva, Karri Markus Ranta-aho
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Publication number: 20230007483Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are related to various Radio Equipment implementations based on the European Union Radio Equipment Directive. Embodiments include implementations for safety and health, electromagnetic compatibility, and the efficient use of the radio spectrum, and cyber security including, inter alia, privacy protection and protection against fraud. Furthermore, additional aspects cover interoperability, access to emergency services, and compliance regarding the combination of Radio Equipment and software. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Markus Dominik MUECK, Krzysztof Stanislaw LEGUTKO, Michael FAERBER, Dario SABELLA, Biljana BADIC, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS
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Publication number: 20220408379Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from selectively monitoring alternative links. In certain example embodiments, an apparatus may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine that at least one obstacle has entered at least one predefined region and transmit to at least one network entity at least one indication comprising at least one predicted-power back off (P-PBO) value. The at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate at least one predictive-PBO report (P-PBOR) and transmit the at least one P-PBOR to the at least one network entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Samantha CAPORAL DEL BARRIO, Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Sari Kaarina NIELSEN, Simon Svendsen, Benny VEJLGAARD
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Patent number: 11523402Abstract: Apparatus and method in a communication system for reconfiguring resources for transmission are disclosed. More than one sidelink transmissions are transmitted to a second apparatus. It is determined that reception status feedbacks are not received regarding a given number of sidelink transmissions. Transmission resource used for sidelink transmission is reconfigured based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Rasmus Liborius Bruun, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Carlos Santiago Morejon Garcia, Lianghai Ji, Ling Yu, Jakob Lindbjerg Buthler
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Patent number: 11516803Abstract: Methods and devices configured to perform wireless communications, the methods and devices configured to monitor a frequency band for one or more other Radio Access Technologies (RATs); determine one or more periods of a reduced interference with the one or more other RATs in one or more frequencies of the monitored frequency band; and communicate a first signal during the one or more periods in the more or more frequencies, and communicate a second signal in the frequency band based on the communication of the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Biljana Badic, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Jan Ellenbeck, Christian Drewes, Thomas Hans-Joerg Reichelmeir, Assi Jakoby, Cormac Conroy, Maria Fresia, Norman Goris, Markus Dominik Mueck, Giuseppe Patane, Itzik Shahar, Shimon Solodkin
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Publication number: 20220360371Abstract: An SL UE that detects a resource conflict associated with a transmitting UE may be able to indicate this resource conflict by transmitting inter-UE coordination information over a PSFCH resource determined based on a group member ID of the transmitting UE. This may be different from transmitting HARQ feedback via a PSFCH resource determined based on a group member ID of the detecting UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Lianghai Ji, Prajwal Keshavamurthy, Vinh VAN PHAN, Ling Yu, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Daniel Medina, Torsten Wildschek
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Publication number: 20220337383Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a client device is configured to receive at least one sidelink signal in a time slot over a plurality of subchannels; identify, using at least one detection model, a plurality of potentially active demodulation reference signal configurations out of a plurality of possible demodulation reference signal configurations in the time slot across the plurality of subchannels based on the at least one sidelink signal, wherein each demodulation reference signal configuration defines demodulation reference signal transmissions in the time slot; identify payload transmissions in the time slot based on the identified plurality of potentially active demodulation reference signal configurations in the time slot; and create at least one decoding path for the payload transmissions in the time slot based on the identified payload transmissions in the time slot and the identified plurality of potentially active demodulation reference signal configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Nuno Manuel KIILERICH PRATAS, Oana-Elena BARBU