Patents by Inventor Nuno Pratas

Nuno 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).

  • Patent number: 12177798
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for sidelink group coordination for group-specific synchronization reference are provided. For example, a method can include determining, by a user equipment, whether a first condition is met for coordination on group synchronization reference for a group of user equipment. The method can also include determining, by the user equipment, whether a second condition is met to act as group synchronization reference user equipment for the group. The method can further include transmitting, by the user equipment, a group synchronization reference signal when determined to act as the group synchronization reference user equipment. The method can additionally include performing, by the user equipment, a reduced synchronization search when determined not to act as the group synchronization reference user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Prajwal Keshavamurthy, Vinh Van Phan, Ling Yu, Nuno Pratas
  • Patent number: 12089268
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to information transmission in random access. A method comprises selecting, one of a plurality of random access preambles that is received from a terminal device, the plurality of random access preambles being divided into a plurality of subsets of random access preambles; selecting at least one predefined sequence associated with the selected random access preamble based on a predetermined association between a plurality of predefined sequences and the plurality of subsets of random access preambles and based on a target resource unit to be used for transmission of control information and data information; modulating the control information with one of the at least one predefined sequence, the control information indicating configuration of the data information; and transmitting the selected random access preamble, the modulated control information, and the data information in a random access message to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Emad Farag, Nuno Pratas, Frank Frederiksen, Chunhai Yao
  • Patent number: 12028907
    Abstract: In accordance with some example embodiments, an apparatus may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to transmit at least one parameter configuration of a random access channel procedure to a user equipment; receive at least one physical uplink shared channel part of a first random access channel message using at least one transmitter beam configuration; upon detection of at least one preamble part of the first random access channel message, decode the physical uplink shared channel part of the first random access channel message and perform at least one channel quality measurement on at least one demodulation reference signal sequence transmitted on a number of selected transmitter beam configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Claudio Rosa, Renato Abreu, Daniela Laselva, Nuno Pratas, Benny Vejlgaard, Simon Svendsen, Oana-Elena Barbu, Marco Centenaro, Emad Farag
  • Patent number: 11864145
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for neighbor cell measurement based timing advance validation. A method may include receiving a network configuration comprising a timing advance command from a network element. The method may also include acquiring at least measurement data of a serving cell relative to a first set of neighbor cells at a first time instance, and measurement data of the serving cell relative to a second set of neighbor cells at a second time instance according to the network configuration. The method may further include performing a timing advance validity check using at least the acquired measurement data from the first time instance and the second time instance. Further, the method may include performing data transmission based on a result of the timing advance validity check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Daniela Laselva, Oana-Elena Barbu, Nuno Pratas, Karri Markus Ranta-Aho
  • Publication number: 20230389055
    Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: transmitting a first set of SL-BMRS, sidelink beam management reference signals; and transmitting a second set of SL-BMRS; wherein the first set of SL-BMRS is transmitted on at least one of multiple antenna panels or an antenna elements comprised by or connectable to the apparatus, and wherein the second set of SL-BMRS is transmitted simultaneously on at least two of the multiple antenna panels or antenna elements. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Simon SVENDSEN, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Nuno Pratas
  • Publication number: 20230254894
    Abstract: A node configured to support a method of communicating between two nodes in the unlicensed spectrum is disclosed where a channel can be simultaneously used for downlink and uplink communication. The method performed at a node involves assessing at that node, for example, a UE, that there is a transmission to be made to a further node, for example a gNB. The first node receives an indication that communication with the further node is supportable on a channel within an unlicensed spectrum using flexible frequency division duplex (FDD) techniques. The first node determines whether transmission by the further node is being made within a first portion of the channel within the unlicensed spectrum; and if so, transmits to the further node within a second portion of the channel which does not overlap with the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Claudio Rosa, Nuno Pratas, Olli Alanen, Mika Kasslin, Adrian Garcia RODRIGUEZ, Lorenzo Galati GIORDANO
  • Publication number: 20220159745
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to information transmission in random access. A method comprises selecting, one of a plurality of random access preambles that is received from a terminal device, the plurality of random access preambles being divided into a plurality of subsets of random access preambles; selecting at least one predefined sequence associated with the selected random access preamble based on a predetermined association between a plurality of predefined sequences and the plurality of subsets of random access preambles and based on a target resource unit to be used for transmission of control information and data information; modulating the control information with one of the at least one predefined sequence, the control information indicating configuration of the data information; and transmitting the selected random access preamble, the modulated control information, and the data information in a random access message to the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Emad Farag, Nuno Pratas, Frank Frederiksen, Chunhai Yao