Patents by Inventor Robert Mark Harrison

Robert Mark Harrison 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).

  • Publication number: 20230379118
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device of configuring uplink sounding transmissions is provided. The method includes receiving, from a network node, receiving, from a network node, different sets of configuration parameters for sounding signal transmissions for the wireless device. Each of the different sets of configuration parameters includes a time-domain parameter and different frequency allocations. The method further includes receiving, from the network node, downlink control information, DCI, comprising information that indicates which of the configured frequency allocations that should be applied for the SRS transmission. Furthermore, the method includes generating a sounding reference signal based on the received DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas NILSSON, Mattias FRENNE, Robert Mark HARRISON, Sven PETERSSON
  • Publication number: 20230379032
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method implemented by a network node in a communication network for obtaining channel state information (CSI) comprises generating a downlink control information (DCI) to trigger an aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) reporting via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and transmitting the DCI to a terminal device to initiate A-CSI reporting on the PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yufei Blankenship, Zhipeng Lin, Shiwei Gao, Siva Muruganathan, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11825325
    Abstract: Methods, base stations and wireless devices for dynamic indication of channel state information (CSI) resources are provided. According to one aspect, a method for a wireless device for determining a channel state information reference symbol, CSI-RS, resource set indicated by a base station is provided. The method includes determining a CSI-RS resource set based on an indication of a CSI report setting. The CSI report setting has a one-to-one correspondence to a CSI-RS resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Stephen Grant, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11824659
    Abstract: A method for optimized hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation. The method comprises transmitting an uplink data transmission on the shared uplink resource to a network node, and receiving a feedback message from the network node, the feedback message comprising a feedback indication indicating a reception status of the uplink data transmission from the terminal device. An explicit HARQ feedback can be provided for uplink data transmission in a wireless communication network such as a new radio (NR) network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Robert Mark Harrison, Andres Reial, Robert Baldemair, Ali Behravan
  • Publication number: 20230370128
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) receives, from a network node, codebook subset restriction (CBSR) signaling comprising a bitmap. The bitmap comprises a plurality of sets and each set comprises a plurality of bits. Each of the bits indicates whether a respective vector in a first set of vectors is restricted. Each set of bits indicates whether a respective vector in a second set of vectors is restricted. The UE restricts precoders selectable from a plurality of codebooks based on either a first vector in the first set of vectors or a second vector in the second set of vectors being indicated as restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan
  • Publication number: 20230363016
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) Occasion configuration to a terminal device and receiving a RACH preamble according to the RACH Occasion configuration. The RACH Occasion configuration comprises a first time resource indication identifying a first set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a first random access procedure, a first frequency resource indication identifying at least a first set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble, a second time resource indication identifying a second set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a second random access procedure, and a second frequency resource indication identifying at least a second set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Zhipeng LIN, Jingya LI, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Publication number: 20230361838
    Abstract: A method performed by a radio device 6 for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback in a communication system 1 comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) node 3 comprises receiving, from the RAN node, information about a CSI Reference Signal (RS) resource, a first CSI type and a second CSI type for feedback. The method also comprises receiving, from the RAN node, a CSI feedback request for CSI measurement and feedback of the first CSI type or the second CSI type. The method also comprises measuring CSI of the indicated type based on signals received on the CSI-RS resource. The method also comprises sending, to the RAN node, a CSI report of the requested CSI type. A corresponding method in a RAN node is furthermore presented herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Stephen Grant
  • Patent number: 11811702
    Abstract: System and method for flexible channel state information-reference signal transmission A method by a wireless device is provided for restricting channel state information (CSI) measurement. The method includes receiving, from a network node, information identifying a first subset of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources to be used in performing CSI measurements. The first subset of CSI-RS resources are associated with a first portion of a frequency band that is less than all of the frequency band. CSI measurements are performed in the first subset of CSI-RS resources that are associated with the first portion of the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Robert Mark Harrison, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11812435
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting multi-beam channel state information, CSI, in a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes providing an indication of a plurality of beam index pairs, (lk, mk), in the UCI in a first transmission, each beam index pair corresponding to a beam k. The method also includes providing an indication of at least one of a beam power, a beam rotation and a channel quality index, CQI, in the UCI in a second transmission. The method also includes transmitting at least one of the indication of beam index pairs, beam power, beam rotation and CQI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Mark Harrison, Sebastian Faxér, Shiwei Gao, Stephen Grant, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11811688
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node of transmitting channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) comprises transmitting a number M of CSI-RS ports to one or more wireless devices. A fraction of the M ports are transmitted over a first physical resource block (PRB) and a remaining fraction of the M ports are transmitted over a second PRB. Some embodiments further comprise mapping the number M of CSI-RS ports to resource elements of a radio subframe. A fraction of the M ports are mapped to a first PRB of the subframe and a remaining fraction of the M ports are mapped to a second PRB of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20230354340
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal on physical control channel. A method comprises: determining that a terminal device has a capability of transmitting the uplink signal on physical control channel in at least a first time instant and a second time instant coherently; performing a first transmission of the uplink signal on physical control channel in the first time instant in a first set of subcarriers; and performing a second transmission of the uplink signal on physical control channel in the second time instant in a second set of subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Su, Zhipeng Lin, Robert Mark Harrison, Andreas Cedergren
  • Patent number: 11804885
    Abstract: A method, in a radio network node, comprises identifying, among a predetermined codebook of precoding matrix codewords, a subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device in channel-state-information, CSI, feedback, and transmitting, to the wireless device, a bitmap identifying the subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device; where each bit in the bitmap corresponds to only one combination of a first dimension index l?1 and a second dimension index l?2 out of the possible combinations of the first dimension index l?1 and the second dimension index l?2, and where the first dimension index l?1 and the second dimension index l?2 identify a two-dimensional beam, the two-dimensional beam being defined by a vector of complex numbers comprised within at least one column of a precoding matrix codeword in the codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20230345494
    Abstract: Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A first example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink control channel carrying a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator, mapping the PUCCH resource indicator to a first offset, mapping a position of the downlink control channel to a second offset, and mapping a linear combination of the first and second offsets to an index identifying a first PUCCH resource. A second example method disclosed herein includes, in response to receiving, at a UE, an indication of a dynamic resource offset in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) transmitted in a first ePDCCH set, determining a position of the ePDCCH and a subframe offset, and processing the indication of the dynamic resource offset, the position and the subframe offset to determine an allocated uplink control channel resource for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mark HARRISON, Shiwei GAO, Yufei Wu BLANKENSHIP
  • Patent number: 11800561
    Abstract: Methods, wireless devices and network nodes for avoiding collision between a downlink control channel and a aperiodic channel state information reference signal, aperiodic CSI-RS, are provided. According to some aspects, a method is provided that includes receiving an aperiodic channel state information reference signal, aperiodic CSI-RS, based on an assumption that the aperiodic CSI-RS is not present in physical layer resources corresponding to a downlink control channel set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao, Robert Mark Harrison, Florent Munier, Siva Muruganathan
  • Patent number: 11792773
    Abstract: A user equipment, base station and method for transmitting semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are provided. The user equipment includes processing circuitry configured to receive a control signaling message the control signaling message configuring the user equipment with at least one SP CSI report configuration on the PUSCH, and the message identifying a SP CSI reporting periodicity. The user equipment also receives physical layer control signaling identifying and activating the at least one SP CSI report configuration. Transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit a plurality of SP CSI reports, the reports being transmitted with the periodicity and according to the physical layer control signaling and the control signaling message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Mark Harrison, Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Siva Muruganathan, Sebastian Faxér
  • Publication number: 20230300891
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for random access procedure. A method performed by a terminal device comprises transmitting multiple preambles on different transmission chains of the terminal device to a network node. The multiple preambles are associated with a same or different synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Su, Johan Axnäs, Robert Mark Harrison, Zhipeng Lin, David Astely
  • Publication number: 20230291451
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for transmitting CSI report. For example, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed at a terminal device, including: transmitting a first CSI report; transmitting a second CSI report; wherein at least a portion of the second CSI report is obtained based on the first CSI report. For example, a second aspect of the present disclosure provides a method performed at a terminal device, including: transmitting a first CSI report; and transmitting, to a network node, a change indicator about whether at least a portion of the first CSI report changes. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the success rate of transmitting a CSI report may be improved and the payload for transmitting a CSI report may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ling SU, Zhipeng LIN, Ritesh SHREEVASTAV, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Publication number: 20230291447
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a power to be used for a set of antenna ports for a physical uplink shared channel transmission. In some embodiments, a User Equipment (UE) comprises processing circuitry configured to derive a power P to be used for uplink power control for a physical uplink shared channel transmission and determine a power to be used for a set of antenna ports based on the power P according to a rule that depends on whether the UE is utilizing codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for the physical uplink shared channel transmission. The set of antenna ports is antenna ports on which the physical uplink shared channel transmission is transmitted with non-zero power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Niklas Wernersson, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11757552
    Abstract: Performing a superposed transmission in a wireless communications network. The superposed transmission includes a first signal intended for a first wireless device and a second signal intended for a second wireless device that are superposed and transmitted simultaneously by the network node on the same transmission resources. A first ratio and a second ratio of the total transmission power available for the superposed transmission are determined. The first ratio is to be used for the first signal and the second ratio is to be used for the second signal. Information indicating the first and/or second ratio is transmitted to at least the first wireless device and the superposed transmission to the first and second wireless device is performed simultaneously on the same transmission resources by transmitting the first signal using a transmission power according to the first ratio and the second signal using a transmission power according to the second ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Mattias Frenne, Robert Mark Harrison, Bo Lincoln, Siva Muruganathan, Zhang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11757591
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that performs control signal transmission according to a single-segment subframe format is described. In an aspect, the UE selects a single-segment subframe format as an uplink transmission format for a subframe instead of a multi-segment subframe format. This selection may be based on an indication received by a network node that the single-segment subframe format is to be used for transmission of the one or more control signals. In addition, the UE transmits the one or more control signals on an uplink control channel using the single-segment subframe format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Florent Munier, Robert Mark Harrison