Patents by Inventor Peter Gaal

Peter Gaal 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: 12690031
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information that indicates an uplink transmit switching configuration for performing uplink transmit switching between a first component carrier and a second component carrier and a sounding reference signal (SRS) carrier switching configuration for performing SRS carrier switching between the second component carrier and a third component carrier, wherein the configuration information is associated with a maximum number of allowable switches over an amount of time. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the configuration information, one or more signals associated with performing at least one of uplink transmit switching or SRS carrier switching. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yiqing Cao, Peter Gaal, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Enoch Shiao-Kuang Lu, Wanshi Chen, Kazuki Takeda, Bin Han, Yan Li, Zhimin Du
  • Patent number: 12689991
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a network node, a power headroom report, the power headroom report including a field indicating information associated with a first waveform and a second waveform, the second waveform and the first waveform having a common set of transmission parameters. The UE may communicate with the network node in accordance with the power headroom report. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gokul Sridharan, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 12690038
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more sets of contiguous time domain resources for a multi-slot transmission occasion. The UE may select, for a communication on the multi-slot transmission occasion, coded bits of a plurality of coded bits on one of the per slot basis or the per segment basis, for each of a plurality of segments, each segment including one of the one or more sets of contiguous time domain resources and spanning across at least two slots. The UE may interleave the coded bits on one of the per slot basis or the per segment basis to form one or more interleaved encoded bit sequences of a codeblock. The UE may transmit the communication including the one or more interleaved encoded bit sequences. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gokul Sridharan, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Hung Dinh Ly, Xiao Feng Wang, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Liangping Ma, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Tao Luo
  • Publication number: 20260205240
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprises receiving a repetition configuration for transmitting physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions in a first frequency band. The method also includes receiving a switching configuration for switching an uplink transmission to an uplink slot in a second frequency band. The method further includes counting available slots for transmitting PUSCH repetitions based on the repetition configuration and the switching configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Yiqing CAO, Peter GAAL, Enoch Shiao-Kuang LU
  • Publication number: 20260205947
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for waking up an energy-harvesting user equipment (UE) are described. The UE may receive, from a device such as a network entity or another UE, an indication of a configuration for a set of resources including multiple resource occasions for one or more wake-up request (WUR) messages and for one or more wake-up acknowledgement (WUA) messages. The configuration may be based on an energy profile of the UE. The UE may receive a WUR message during a first resource occasion of the multiple resource occasions in accordance with the configuration, and transmit, in response to the WUR message, a WUA message during a corresponding second resource occasion of the multiple resource occasions in accordance with the configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Ahmed ELSHAFIE, Huilin XU, Linhai HE, Yuchul KIM, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI, Wanshi CHEN, Zhikun WU, Peter GAAL, Prashant SHARMA
  • Publication number: 20260205922
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The techniques described herein disclose identifying passive devices using a network of reader devices, as well as enabling reader devices to configure passive devices with a communication frame structures to facilitate wireless communication between the reader devices and the passive devices to provide more efficient utilization of communication resources. A first reader device receives from a second reader device, a message including data to be communicated to a passive device and transmits a continuous wave signal. The first reader receives a backscattered response message from the passive device. The first reader transmits the data to the passive device based on the backscattered response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Linhai HE, Yuchul KIM, Zhikun WU, Ahmed ELSHAFIE, Gavin Bernard HORN, Francesco PICA, Peter GAAL
  • Publication number: 20260205953
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a power configuration for energy harvesting (EH) devices comprising batteries. The apparatus receives, from a network device, at least one command. The at least one command comprises a power configuration including a proportional power indication for operation of the energy harvesting device. The apparatus communicates with the network device based on the power configuration including the proportional power indication for the operation of the energy harvesting device. The apparatus may transmit, to the network device, an ACK or a NACK in response to the at least one command indicating whether the energy harvesting device supports the power configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Ahmed ELSHAFIE, Zhikun WU, Yuchul KIM, Huilin XU, Linhai HE, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI, Peter GAAL, Wanshi CHEN, Tingfang JI, Krishna Kiran MUKKAVILLI
  • Patent number: 12684579
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one method, a wireless device receives a broadcast of a first message including an indication of a first bandwidth value; receives, based on the first bandwidth value, a second message including an indication of a second bandwidth value; and receives downlink transmissions based on the second bandwidth value following receipt of the second message. The second bandwidth value supplements the first bandwidth value. In another method, a wireless device identifies a narrowband bandwidth value; receives, based on the narrowband bandwidth value, a message including an indication of a wideband bandwidth value; modifies the narrowband bandwidth value based on the wideband bandwidth value; and receives downlink transmissions based on the modified narrowband bandwidth value following receipt of the message. The wideband bandwidth value is greater than the narrowband bandwidth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 12684370
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may determine a beam configuration associated with a set of directional beams of a base station. The beam configuration may include a set of identifiers associated with the set of directional beams. The UE may determine beam position information associated with a coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may determine beam classification information associated with the coverage area of each directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam configuration. The UE may select a directional beam of the set of directional beams based on the beam position information and the beam classification information, and communicate with the base station using the selected directional beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang, Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Bharat Shrestha, Jun Ma, Peter Gaal, Umesh Phuyal, Dan Zhang, Huilin Xu, Yiqing Cao
  • Patent number: 12683721
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE determines that a scheduled occasion for reporting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a first semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of a first HARQ process identifier (ID) overlaps with at least one downlink or flexible symbol. The UE reports, defers, or drops the HARQ feedback for the first SPS PDSCH if resources for reporting the HARQ feedback for the first SPS PDSCH are not available until on or after a scheduled occasion for reporting a HARQ feedback for a second PDSCH of the same first HARQ process ID, in response to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Konstantinos Dimou, Tao Luo, Yi Huang, Peter Gaal, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Yan Zhou, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 12684541
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a grant delay request to a base station. The grant delay request may indicate a future time, at or thereafter a base station is requested to allocate resources to the UE. The base station may transmit the uplink grant to the UE allocating the resources to the UE based on the grant delay request, and the UE may transmit, to the base station, an uplink transmission including the uplink data based on the uplink grant. The UE may transmit the grant delay request as part of a scheduling request (SR), or as part of a buffer status report (BSR), or a combination of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnaud Meylan, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Sunil Kandukuri, Ashok Mantravadi, Tingfang Ji, Gavin Bernard Horn, Peter Gaal, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Publication number: 20260197777
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating dual connectivity power control mode are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication of a wireless device at a user equipment (UE) includes connecting to an MCG on a first set of MCG serving cells within a first frequency range (FR1) and a second set of MCG serving cells within a second frequency range (FR2), and connecting to an SCG on a first set of SCG serving cells within the FR1 and a second set of SCG bands within the FR2. The example method also includes receiving a transmit power configuration for power control mode for both FR1 and FR2. The example method also includes transmitting to at least one of the MCG serving cells or the SCG serving cells with a transmit power determined based on the transmit power configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Kazuki TAKEDA, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI, Peter GAAL, Wanshi CHEN, Yiqing CAO
  • Publication number: 20260197785
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) communication associated with an additional physical cell identifier (PCI), the additional PCI being a PCI that is different from a PCI of a serving cell of the UE. The UE may receive a random access response (RAR) message responsive to the PRACH communication associated with the additional PCI, wherein the RAR message indicates timing advance (TA) information associated with the additional PCI. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Shaozhen GUO, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Jing SUN, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Wooseok NAM, Yan ZHOU, Tao LUO, Peter GAAL
  • Publication number: 20260197052
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control messaging that indicates one or more configurations for reference signal resources. In one example, the control message may indicate a configuration for a set of two or more reference signals, where the configuration includes a power offset value for the set of two or more reference signals. In another example, the control message may indicate respective configurations for one or more reference signal resources, where each configuration indicates a respective threshold power offset for each reference signal resource. The UE may receive the reference signals based on the configuration, measure each reference signal, and generate a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the power offset values received in the configurations and the measurements of the reference signals. Based on generating the CQI, the UE may transmit a channel state information report indicating the CQI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Jing DAI, Lei XIAO, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Peter GAAL, Faris RASSAM, Jae Ho RYU
  • Publication number: 20260197140
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, control signaling that includes sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information associated with an increased quantity of SRS ports. The SRS configuration information may include a quantity of symbols via which to transmit SRSs, a frequency resource comb for each respective symbol, and a threshold quantity of cyclic shifts. The UE may map a first subset of SRS ports to a first symbol and map a second subset of SRS ports to a second symbol. The UE may transmit, and the network entity receive, the SRSs using the first subset of SRS ports via the first symbol according to a first frequency resource comb and respective cyclic shifts and using the second subset of SRS ports via the second symbol according to a second frequency resource comb and respective cyclic shifts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Yi HUANG, Wanshi CHEN, Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR, Yu ZHANG, Peter GAAL
  • Patent number: 12677272
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a UE. An example method by a user UE generally includes identifying overlapping uplink transmissions, performing a cancelation procedure involving at least one of the overlapping uplink transmissions based on one or more factors, before or after performing at least one of a first step of a multiplexing procedure to resolve overlapping uplink transmissions with a same priority or a second step of the multiplexing procedure to resolve overlapping uplink transmissions with different priorities, and transmitting at least one of the overlapping uplink transmissions after performing the cancelation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Yi Huang, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 12677230
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network entity may cause a first transmission reception point (TRP) to transmit a first communication using a first time value derived from a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state including a set of first quasi co-location (QCL) parameters of the first TRP. The network entity may cause a second TRP to transmit a second communication using a timing pre-compensation value relative to the first time value. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Chiranjib Saha, Harikumar Krishnamurthy, Ayan Sengupta, Bharat Shrestha, Umesh Phuyal
  • Patent number: 12677176
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, a control message indicating a set of periodicities determined at the network entity and associated with at least a first duration of a set of first durations for the UE to perform signaling and measurement, the first duration aligned outside of a second duration of a set of second durations for the UE to receive data based on the set of periodicities. The UE may perform one or more operations during the first duration based on the first duration of the set of first durations being aligned outside the second duration of the set of second durations. The UE and the network entity may communicate based on the control message indicating the set of periodicities and the UE performing the one or more operations during the first duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Diana Maamari, Ahmed Elshafie, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 12677282
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink communication associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) communication. The UE may transmit the PUCCH communication via a secondary component carrier based at least in part on, for example, a primary component carrier having insufficient uplink resources for transmitting the PUCCH communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
  • Publication number: 20260190055
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. Some aspects more specifically relate to reducing a total quantity of all possible physical cell identities (PCIs) to a total quantity of a subset of the possible PCIs. The subset of possible PCIs may be referred to as valid PCIs. For example, the cell search procedure may be constrained to fewer than 1008 valid PCIs. In some examples, a user equipment may identify the valid PCIs in accordance with a wireless communications standard or signaling from the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Navid ABEDINI, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Tao LUO, Junyi LI, Peter GAAL