Patents by Inventor Robert Baldemair

Robert Baldemair 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).

  • PUCCH structure for mixed numerology
    Patent number: 11722281
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user equipment for a Radio Access Network. The user equipment is adapted for communicating utilizing a first transmission timing structure having a first number of symbols, and for communicating utilizing a second transmission timing structure comprising a second number of symbols. The user equipment further is adapted for receiving first signaling based on the first transmission timing structure and for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to the first signaling based on the second transmission timing structure, wherein the user equipment is adapted to start transmitting the acknowledgement signaling at a starting symbol of the second transmission timing structure, the starting symbol being determined based on a configuration of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Carola Faronius, Stefan Parkvall
  • HARQ codebook construction with feedback enabling/disabling per HARQ process
    Patent number: 11722263
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook construction with enabling or disabling of HARQ Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback per HARQ process. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving, from a network node, information that configures the wireless communication device with a first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled and a second set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is enabled. The method further comprises receiving first downlink control information that schedules a first downlink shared channel transmission and determining that the transmission corresponds to one of the first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled. The method further comprises, upon making this determination, performing a first set of actions for HARQ-ACK feedback generation for HARQ processes with HARQ-ACK feedback disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Robert Baldemair, Shiwei Gao, Xingqin Lin
  • HARQ codebook acknowledgement signaling for radio access networks
    Patent number: 11722260
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to a HARQ codebook at a second HARQ transmitting occasion, the HARQ codebook indicating first acknowledgement information, the first acknowledgement information pertaining to first data signaling scheduled to be received by the user equipment before a first HARQ transmitting occasion that occurred earlier in time than the second HARQ transmitting occasion. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati
  • Code rate for control information
    Patent number: 11723029
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting feedback control signaling, the feedback control signaling representing a number I of information bits. The I information bits are encoded with a code rate based on a code rate indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Sorour Falahati, Fredrik Lindqvist
  • Systems and Methods for Phase Noise Tracking Reference Signal Sequence Generation Using Demodulation Reference Signals
    Publication number: 20230246892
    Abstract: A user equipment (910) is provided for use in a cellular network. The user equipment includes a transceiver (1010), a processor (1020), and a memory (1030). The user equipment (910) is configured to determine, for a data transmission, a mapping form a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to a PNT-RS. A DMRS resulting signal is generated from a subset of DMRS for a first resource element in a subcarrier. The DMRS resulting signal is copied from the first resource element to a second resource element assigned to the PNT-RS in the subcarrier. The data transmission is transmitted using the DMRS resulting signal and the PNT-RS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Hessler, Robert BALDEMAIR, Lars LINDBOM, Henrik SAHLIN, Niclas WIBERG
  • Control signaling for radio access networks
    Patent number: 11716724
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a signaling radio node in a radio access network, the method comprising transmitting control signaling to a user equipment based on configuration information indicating that the user equipment is configured with multiple sets of resources for use in receiving control signaling. Control information carried by the control signaling has a control information structure, wherein the control information structure is dependent on the target set of resources determined for use by the user equipment for receiving the control signaling, the target set of resources being one of the multiple sets of resources for use in receiving control signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall
  • Selective suppression of uplink transmission in control regions
    Patent number: 11716180
    Abstract: Limited uplink bandwidth radio network devices are supported on wide bandwidth uplink carriers by configuring and controlling the use of multiple control regions within the uplink carrier bandwidth. In some embodiments, the total bandwidth of the uplink carrier is divided into a plurality of sub-band portions, wherein each sub-band portion includes at least one control region nominally dedicated to the transmission of uplink control signaling. Radio network devices are configured with a specified portion of the uplink carrier bandwidth for use for uplink transmission, which includes at least one control region. Radio network devices may be provisioned or provided with information regarding control regions reserved for control signaling by other radio network devices. The radio network devices may be dynamically configured to allow or suppress uplink data signaling in specified control regions, or portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Daniel Larsson, Stefan Parkvall
  • Methods and apparatuses for controlling timing of feedback transmissions
    Patent number: 11711175
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for controlling the timing of feedback transmissions by a communication device communicating over a communication link, wherein the communication link supports a retransmission scheme. The method comprises transmitting a feedback timing indicator, FTI, wherein the indicator is selected from a set of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair
  • Persistent indication of acknowledgement resources
    Patent number: 11711173
    Abstract: A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Daniel Larsson
  • Method for determining demodulation reference signal for multiple access transmission
    Patent number: 11705984
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for a terminal device to determine demodulation reference signal (DMRS), comprising: obtaining (211) a DMRS configuration and a corresponding signature assigned by a network side node; constructing (212) a DMRS according to the DMRS configuration; mapping (213) the DMRS to a physical channel assigned to the terminal device. The signature indicates a processing configuration for the physical channel. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the signature, and DMRS configuration may be configured correspondingly, to obtain low-crosstalk DMRS signals for different terminal devices, thus, the number of the supported terminal devices may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Ali Behravan, Andres Reial, Robert Mark Harrison, Robert Baldemair, Krishna Chitti
  • Common reference signal design for OFDM and DFTS-OFDM
    Patent number: 11706073
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a terminal for a Radio Access Network, the terminal being adapted for transmission based on a first frequency division multiple access (FDMA) technology and for transmission based on a second frequency division multiple access technology. The terminal is adapted for transmitting reference signaling having a comb structure for transmission based on either the first FDMA technology or the second FDMA technology. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Lars Lindbom, Stefan Parkvall
  • BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20230224881
    Abstract: Arrangement for switching between an active bandwidth part and the target bandwidth part are disclosed. A method includes selecting one or more resource blocks comprised in the target bandwidth part for a transmission or reception between the wireless device and the network node. The selected resource blocks to be used in the target bandwidth part are indicated in a resource allocation field of a downlink control channel information in the active bandwidth part. The allocation field includes information bits and the resource allocation field in the active bandwidth part and the information bits are configured based on a target bandwidth part resource allocation type. The target bandwidth part resource allocation type indicates whether the information bits have a bitmap corresponding to one or more resource block groups or an integer value corresponding to a starting resource block and a length of the allocation in resource blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Network Architecture, Methods, and Devices for a Wireless Communications Network
    Publication number: 20230224059
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali El Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Martin Johansson, Niklas Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
  • BEAM DETERMINATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230208502
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node for a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving a first instance of reference signaling utilising a first reception beam, and receiving a second instance of reference signaling utilising a set of second reception beams associated to and/or based on the first reception beam. An instance of reference signaling includes signaling on a plurality of allocation units. The method further includes communicating utilising a communication beam associated to and/or based a target reception beam of the second reception beams. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Claes TIDESTAV, Erik ERIKSSON, Robert BALDEMAIR, Håkan BJÖRKEGREN, Ning HE
  • Signaling configuration for radio access networks
    Patent number: 11689335
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment, UE, in a radio access network, the UE being configured with UE-specific configuration for transmitting signaling on a physical channel, the UE further having a general configuration for transmitting signaling on the physical channel, wherein the method includes transmitting signaling on the physical channel based on the general configuration ignoring the UE-specific configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Jingya Li, Robert Baldemair, Henning Wiemann
  • SCHEDULING REQUEST RESOURCE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20230199815
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The user equipment is configured with a reference time resource available, in one or more slots, for transmission of a scheduling request by the user equipment, the reference time resource includes a reference symbol R, wherein each of the one or more slots has a slot duration that is based on a number N of symbols in the slot. The user equipment is further configured with a requesting periodicity P indicating a periodicity with a time period shorter than the slot duration. The method includes transmitting a scheduling request message at a request transmission symbol T which is based on the reference symbol R and the periodicity P. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Sorour FALAHATI, Robert BALDEMAIR
  • Resource mapping based on bandwidth part
    Patent number: 11683812
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a set of bandwidth parts, the user equipment being operable for communicating utilising an activated bandwidth part of the set of bandwidth part. The set of bandwidth parts comprises a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part, the first bandwidth part of the set being associated to a first set of characteristics, the second bandwidth part of the set being associated to a second set of characteristics. Further, the first set of characteristics and the second set of characteristics comprise at least one characteristic different between the first set and the second set of characteristics. The user equipment (10) further operates with a common search space for control signaling, the common search space being included in the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Dahlman, Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Sorour Falahati, Stefan Parkvall
  • Flexible indication for start position of data channel
    Patent number: 11683143
    Abstract: A node (100) of a wireless communication network manages sending of control information to a radio device (10). For a first frequency band, the control information indicates a first start position for transmission of a data channel. For a second frequency band, the control information indicates a second start position for transmission of the data channel. Based on the first start position and the second start position, the node (100) controls transmission of data on the data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Håkan Björkegren, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall
  • FEEDBACK SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230188263
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting feedback signaling including feedback information, the feedback information being encoded with an error coding scheme, wherein an error coding size of the error coding scheme is dependent on a type of the feedback information. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ajit NIMBALKER, Robert BALDEMAIR, Qiang ZHANG
  • Control signaling for radio access networks
    Patent number: 11677528
    Abstract: A method of operating a signaling radio node in a radio access network is provided. The method includes transmitting control signaling to a feedback radio node. The control signaling includes control information having a bit pattern. The bit pattern has a subpattern with M bits in which the control information pertains to feedback signaling. A number M1 of the M bits of the subpattern is assigned to represent an assignment indication, and a number M2 of the M bits of the subpattern is assigned to represent a resource indication in which M1 and M2 are determined based on a size indication pertaining to the feedback signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Sorour Falahati, Havish Koorapaty, Stefan Parkvall