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).

  • PROCESSING FOR MULTICAST OPERATION USING MULTIPLE SETS OF PROCESSING RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20240089997
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may support both unicast and multicast downlink signaling, such as on a single component carrier (CC). A UE may receive a unicast message over a first CC during a transmission time interval (TTI) using a first set of processing resources. The UE may simultaneously receive a multicast message over the first CC during the same TTI using a second set of processing resources. The first and second sets of processing resources may be associated with first and second hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) soft buffers, first and second CCs, or first and second transmit/receive points (TRPs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuki TAKEDA, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Le LIU, Peter GAAL, Wanshi CHEN, Ayan SENGUPTA, Prasad Reddy KADIRI, Tao LUO, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Juan MONTOJO, Umesh PHUYAL, Wooseok NAM
  • DIFFERENTIAL ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) FOR LOW POWER MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING
    Publication number: 20240085517
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for enabling low-power positioning of a first mobile device using differential angle of arrival (AoA). A differential AoA between a first AoA of a first wireless reference signal at a second mobile device and a second AoA of a second wireless reference signal at the second mobile device is obtained, where the first wireless reference signal is transmitted by a wireless network node, and the second wireless reference signal is transmitted by the first mobile device. The position of the first mobile device is determined based at least in part on the differential AoA. The position of the first mobile device is then provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Weimin DUAN, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Peter GAAL
  • MULTIPLEXING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FOR A NETWORK WITH SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FOR A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE
    Publication number: 20240089878
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive at least one first synchronization signal within a first set of synchronization signals associated with a first network node. The UE may further receive at least one second synchronization signal within at least one second set of synchronization signals associated with at least one second network node. The at least one second set of synchronization signals is multiplexed with the first set of synchronization signals. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hyojin LEE, Yu ZHANG, Hung Dinh LY, Wanshi CHEN, Peter GAAL
  • Connected mode beam management for narrowband systems
    Patent number: 11929803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a network may establish communications over a directional beam. The UE may receive, from the network, a configuration of one or more channel sounding messages for one or more directional beams, where each directional beam of the one or more directional beams is associated with a set of narrowband carriers, and each of the one or more channel sounding messages being configured for transmission on a narrowband carrier of the set of narrowband carriers. The UE may determine a trigger for transmitting the one or more channel sounding messaged based at least in part on the configuration and transmit, to the network, the one or more channel sounding messages on respective narrowband carriers in accordance with the trigger and the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiao Feng Wang, Le Liu, Bharat Shrestha, Peter Gaal, Liangping Ma, Umesh Phuyal, Jun Ma
  • Overlapping PUCCH and PUSCH transmission
    Patent number: 11930489
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure provide methods, devices and systems for concurrently transmitting control information and data information. In some more specific aspects, a base station may transmit one or more parameters to a user equipment (UE) that indicate to the UE to refrain from transmitting uplink control information together with uplink data information in an uplink data channel. Instead, the one or more parameters may configure the UE to transmit the uplink control information and the uplink data information using overlapping resources in different channels. In some more specific aspects, the UE may transmit the uplink control information in a slot of an uplink control channel and transmit the uplink data information in a slot of the uplink data channel that at least partially overlaps with the slot of the uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Peter Gaal
  • Reduced sensing procedure for sidelink communications
    Patent number: 11930480
    Abstract: A sidelink user equipment (UE) limits sensing of received sidelink communications during a sensing window. The UE selects resources for a future transmission from a resource pool that is based on the sensed received sidelink communications. The UE also sends the future transmission on the selected resources. Limiting sensing may result from reducing a maximum distance between reservations to less than 32 logical slots. Limiting sensing may be sensing with a reduced sensing duty cycle with discontinuous sensing or sensing for a period of time in response to a trigger. The UE may perform partial sensing for periodic traffic, and limit sensing for aperiodic traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabi Sarkis, Tien Viet Nguyen, Shuanshuan Wu, Kapil Gulati, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Early LBT failure reporting for multi-TTI grant for sidelink communication in unlicensed spectrum
    Patent number: 11930530
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a transmitter UE. The method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, a downlink control information (DCI) allocating resources in an unlicensed frequency band for multiple physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmissions to at least one receiver UE across transmission time intervals (TTIs), performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) channel access procedure in the TTIs, and transmitting at least one LBT report to the network entity on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that occurs before another PUCCH resource used for transmitting acknowledgment feedback for the PSSCH transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Jing Sun, Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
  • Channel occupancy time aware sensing and resource selection for new radio-unlicensed sidelink
    Patent number: 11930533
    Abstract: Channel occupancy time (COT) aware sensing and resource selection for new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) sidelink operations is disclosed. A first sidelink user equipment (UE) determines a sensing window or resource selection window (RSW) based on a projected listen-before-talk (LBT) completion time. The UE may sense for a subset of sideline resources within the RSW and COT-SI from a neighboring sidelink UE including identification of a COT initiated by the neighboring UE and one or more parameters associated with the COT. The UE may identify in-COT resources of located within the COT and out-of-COT resources located outside of the COT and then randomly select a set of transmission resources from the in-COT and out-of-COT resources. The UE may then transmit to a second UE using the set of transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Ozcan Ozturk, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
  • DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) WITH SIDELINK (SL)
    Publication number: 20240080769
    Abstract: Systems and method for configuring and providing discontinuous reception (DRX) operations in sidelink (SL) mode 1 and mode 2 are disclosed. A first user equipment (UE) may operate in DRX communications with a second UE over a SL while concurrently maintaining DRX communications with a base station. In some embodiments, DRX operations may include the first UE monitoring for either one or both of transmissions in a downlink from a base station and in the SL from the second UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the DRX configuration. In embodiments, the UE may extend the active period associated with the DRX cycle when control information from either the base station or the second UE is received. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Jelena Damnjanovic, Jing Sun, Ozcan Ozturk, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • DEFAULT QUASI-COLOCATION FOR SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION-BASED MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTS
    Publication number: 20240080874
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The DCI may include one or more of an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states related to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), one or more receive beams associated with the set of TCI states, or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheme. The UE may decode the DCI and may determine a temporal period associated with the indication of the set of TCI states. The UE may receive, based on the temporal period, the PDSCH according to one or more of the set of TCI states, the one or more receive beams associated with the set of TCI states, the PDSCH scheme, or one or more default receive beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Peter GAAL, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Tao LUO, Jing SUN, Arumugam CHENDAMARAI KANNAN
  • CONFIGURATION FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT SWITCHING AND SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL CARRIER SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20240080838
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yiqing CAO, Peter GAAL, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Enoch Shiao-Kuang LU, Wanshi CHEN, Kazuki TAKEDA, Bin HAN, Yan LI, Zhimin DU
  • DYNAMICALLY INDICATING A TRANSMISSION POWER ADJUSTMENT CORRESPONDING TO CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20240080775
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, a transmission power adjustment indication associated with an adjustment of a transmission power corresponding to one or more channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the transmission power adjustment indication, at least one CSI-RS associated with the one or more CSI-RS resources. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia ABOTABL, Hung Dinh LY, Peter GAAL, Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR
  • FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULTANEOUS PUCCH/PUSCH TRANSMISSIONS AND INTRA-UE MULTIPLEXING
    Publication number: 20240080839
    Abstract: A UE receives control signaling that indicates that the UE is scheduled to transmit one or more uplink control channel messages on a first component carrier that overlap in a time domain with one or more uplink shared channel messages scheduled for transmission on a second component carrier. The UE resolves a first overlap of uplink control channels having a same priority level, if present, and resolves, after resolving the first overlap, a second overlap of an uplink control channel and at least one uplink shared channel having the same priority level, if present. The UE resolves two or more channels having a different priority level after resolving the first overlap and the second overlap. The UE transmits one or more uplink transmissions including at least one of the one or more uplink control channel messages and the one or more uplink shared channel messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wei YANG, Yi HUANG, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI, Peter GAAL, Wanshi CHEN, Juan MONTOJO
  • RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL OCCASION SELECTION BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20240080884
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, signaling that indicates at least a first random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) partition and a second RO partition. The first RO partition may be associated with different uplink transmission capabilities than the second RO partition. The UE may select an RO in the first RO partition or the second RO partition based at least in part on a metric that relates to an uplink transmission capability of the UE. The UE may transmit, and the network node may receive, a preamble in the selected RO to initiate a RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Peter GAAL, Juan MONTOJO, Jun MA, Bharat SHRESTHA, Umesh PHUYAL, Yiqing CAO, Huilin XU, Wanshi CHEN, Changhwan PARK
  • Long uplink burst channel design
    Patent number: 11924838
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to a long uplink burst channel design. In certain aspects, the method includes determining, based on a hopping pattern, a first set of frequency resources available for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) within a first portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) and a second set of frequency resources available for transmitting UCI within a second portion of the TTI. The method also includes transmitting the UCI using the determined first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Renqiu Wang, Yi Huang, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Seyong Park
  • Phase tracking reference signal for multi-transmit/receive points
    Patent number: 11924015
    Abstract: A phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) may be transmitted to enable a receiver to correct phase noise in wireless communication. A UE scheduled for one PDSCH with DMRS ports in two or more DMRS CDM groups that are associated with two TCI states may be configured for PT-RS using two PT-RS ports. Therefore, rather than limiting PT-RS to a single port, the PT-RS may be transmitted to the UE using two PT-RS ports. The apparatus transmits a capability indication for more than one PT-RS port for receiving a downlink shared channel based on a first TCI and a second TCI. The apparatus receives a configuration for a maximum number of downlink PT-RS ports from a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo, Jing Sun, Tae Min Kim, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan
  • BWP configurations for UEs having different capabilities
    Patent number: 11924859
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) having a first capability associated with a lower maximum UE bandwidth than a second capability receives information for initial access using a first initial downlink bandwidth part (BWP) that is shared among UEs having the first capability and UEs having the second capability. The UE transmits a random access message in an initial uplink BWP that is dedicated for the UEs having the first capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Lei, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Peter Gaal
  • Pose-based beam update techniques for wireless communications
    Patent number: 11924659
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may be configured to monitor a set of beams, and may request an update to a monitoring configuration based on a position of the UE, an orientation of the UE, a rate of change of the position or orientation, or any combinations thereof. In some cases, the position or orientation information of the UE may include information for a current time period, predictive information for one or more future time periods, other information, or any combinations thereof. The UE may transmit a beam monitoring request to a base station for an updated monitoring configuration, such as a subset of a set of configured beams or an identified scan angle to be monitored by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri, Tao Luo, Yan Zhou, Wanshi Chen, Wooseok Nam, Jelena Damnjanovic, Ozcan Ozturk, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo
  • Codebook compression with lossy encoding for low probability events
    Patent number: 11923874
    Abstract: Aspects relate to compression of messages in a wireless communication system. For messages, such as ACK/NACK feedback in a communication system, messages having an occurrence above or below a certain number of events (e.g., ACK/NACK events) or a probability of the occurrence may be compressed into a single message. By compressing the messages into a single message, the overhead used to transmit such messages may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Hwan Joon Kwon
  • Narrowband management for machine type communications
    Patent number: 11924810
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to managing narrowband regions of system bandwidths for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication(s) (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC) devices. An example method generally includes determining a set of downlink (DL) narrowband regions partitioned from a DL system bandwidth, determining a set of uplink (UL) narrowband regions partitioned from an UL system bandwidth, determining a mapping between the set of DL narrowband regions and the set of UL narrowband regions, and communicating with at least a base station (BS) using at least one of the mapped narrowband regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Hao Xu, Peter Gaal