Patents by Inventor Simone Merlin

Simone Merlin 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: 11953578
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for single sided beam management in a millimeter wave (mmW) communication system for use in bistatic radio frequency (RF) sensing. An example method of tracking targets with bistatic radio frequency sensing includes receiving a scanning reference signal, generating a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal, transmitting the scanning signal report, receiving tracking signal configuration information indicating a tracking reference signal associated with the one or more target groups, receiving the tracking reference signal identified in the tracking signal configuration information, and tracking the one or more target groups associated with the tracking reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungwoo Park, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Taesang Yoo, Simone Merlin, Srinivas Yerramalli, John Edward Smee
  • Publication number: 20240098555
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for controlling a network with one or more access points (APs). A controller may be configured to schedule at least some resources of the one or more APs to improve network efficiency. The APs may measure and report a variety of information and statistics to the controller. The controller may determine one or more transmission parameters and one or more operations a given AP is permitted to perform during a respective time interval. The controller may communicate the one or more transmission parameters using an indication, such as a message. At least one AP associated with the controller may communicate with stations (STAs) using the one or more transmission parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Yanjun Sun, Hemanth Sampath, Bibhu Mohanty, Brian Michael Buesker, Yuan Zhou, Eric Vanbuhler, Danyang Cong, Raamkumar Balamurthi, Harshit Joshi, Vamsi Vegunta, Danny Jen, Nitin Ravinder
  • Publication number: 20240089865
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmissions received at the apparatus, to determine uplink power control information based on the determined target receiver power level for UL MU-MIMO transmission or UL OFDMA transmission, and to transmit a frame that includes the determined uplink power control information to a station scheduled by the apparatus for uplink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Arjun BHARADWAJ, Rahul TANDRA, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Simone MERLIN, George CHERIAN
  • Publication number: 20240048205
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for radio frequency (RF) sensing in wireless communication systems. In some implementations, a transmitter device transmits sounding sequences configured for channel estimation over a wireless channel to a receiver device. The transmitter device also transmits or receives non-sounding frames associated with a channel report of the receiver device. The transmitter device transmits a frame soliciting the channel report from the receiver device. The transmitter device receives the channel report, which may include channel state information (CSI) of the wireless channel responsive to at least the sounding sequences. Some types of channel reports may take longer to generate than other types of channel reports. Transmitting or receiving the non-sounding frames during the time period may prevent other devices from accessing the wireless channel when the receiver device needs additional time to generate a certain type of channel report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Simone MERLIN, Alireza RAISSINIA, Bin TIAN, Xiaoxin ZHANG, Solomon TRAININ, Assaf Yaakov KASHER, Manish MADAN, John GRESZCZUK
  • Patent number: 11888593
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A station (STA) may receive a null data packet (NDP) on a plurality of subcarriers, and the STA may generate a channel state information (CSI) matrix for each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers. After generating a CSI matrix for a subcarrier, such as at least one subcarrier, the STA may scale each value in the CSI matrix using a power-of-two value to minimize complexity. Specifically, instead of scaling each value in the CSI matrix to a value between zero and one using divisions (for example, which may be computationally expensive), the STA may use shifting to scale each value in the CSI matrix. The STA may then quantize the scaled values in the CSI matrix for reporting, and the STA may transmit the quantized, scaled values in the CSI matrix in a CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Jay Shellhammer, Bin Tian, Alireza Raissinia, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 11889462
    Abstract: Bi-static radio-based object location detection can include determining, by a wireless device, a location of a remote wireless device; obtaining a ToF and an angle of arrival (AoA) of a reflected WWAN reference signal reflected by a remote object; and determining a location of the remote object based on the location of the remote wireless device, the ToF, and the AoA. In another example, a wireless device includes a wireless transceiver; a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and a processor communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the processor configured to determine a location of a remote wireless device; obtain a ToF and an angle of arrival (AoA) of a reflected WWAN reference signal reflected by a remote object; and determine a location of the remote object based on the location of the remote wireless device, the ToF, and the AoA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungwoo Park, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, John Edward Smee, Peter Gaal, Taesang Yoo, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 11882471
    Abstract: In some implementations, an initiator device establishes a measurement session with each of a plurality of responder devices based at least in part on their capabilities. The initiator device negotiates, with each of the responder devices, a respective set of one or more sensing parameters based at least in part on the capabilities of the initiator device and the capabilities of the respective responder device, the respective sets of sensing parameters associated with the responder devices being identified by a unique Measurement Setup identifier (ID). The initiator device performs one or more measurement instances with the responder devices based on the respective sets of sensing parameters, each measurement instance identified by a unique Measurement Instance ID and the respective Measurement Setup ID. The initiator device obtains, from each responder device, one or more measurement reports indicating channel state information (CSI) based on the one or more respective measurement instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Solomon Trainin, Assaf Kasher, Alecsander Petru Eitan, Alireza Raissinia, Simone Merlin
  • Publication number: 20240022454
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for radio frequency (RF) sensing in wireless communication systems. In some implementations, a transmitting device may transmit a sounding dataset, over a wireless channel, to a receiving device. The sounding dataset may include information carried in one or more training fields configured for channel estimation and sounding control information based, at least in part, on a configuration of the transmitting device. The receiving device may acquire channel state information (CSI) for the wireless channel based on the received sounding dataset and selectively generate a channel report for the wireless channel based, at least in part, on the CSI and the sounding control information. The channel report may indicate changes to the wireless channel which, in turn, may be used to sense objects in the vicinity of the transmitting device or the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Simone MERLIN
  • Publication number: 20240015586
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device (WCD) may communicate a first set of data packets with a second WCD via a wireless link using a first set of one or more parameters. The WCD may obtain environmental information associated with an environment of the first WCD or the second WCD. The WCD may detect, based at least in part on the environmental information, a predicted increase of packet loss for a subsequent period of time. The WCD may communicate a second set of data packets with the second WCD via the wireless link using a second set of one or more parameters, the second set of one or more parameters based at least in part on detection of the predicted increase of packet loss. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nikolai Konrad LEUNG, Peerapol TINNAKORNSRISUPHAP, Hussein METWALY SAAD, Simone MERLIN, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Patent number: 11871299
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for performing passive radio frequency (RF) location detection operations. In some aspects, RF data, such as RF signals including channel state information (CSI), can be received from a wireless device. The RF data can be provided to a self-supervised machine-learning architecture that is configured to perform three-dimensional (3D) object location estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ilia Karmanov, Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Dijkman, Simone Merlin
  • Publication number: 20230371083
    Abstract: An access point (AP) may prioritize the allocation of uplink resources between multiple basic service sets (BSSs). In some aspects, the AP may select one of a plurality of BSSs, may allocate one or more random-access resource units (RUs) to only the selected BSS, and may transmit, for each of the selected BSSs, a respective frame indicating the random-access RUs allocated to that BSS. Wireless devices belonging to the selected BSS may contend for access to the random-access RUs allocated by the frame, and then transmit uplink data using the random-access RUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred ASTERJADHI, James Simon CHO, George CHERIAN, Simone MERLIN, Abhishek Pramod PATIL
  • Publication number: 20230362705
    Abstract: In some implementations, an initiator device establishes a measurement session with each of a plurality of responder devices based at least in part on their capabilities. The initiator device negotiates, with each of the responder devices, a respective set of one or more sensing parameters based at least in part on the capabilities of the initiator device and the capabilities of the respective responder device, the respective sets of sensing parameters associated with the responder devices being identified by a unique Measurement Setup identifier (ID). The initiator device performs one or more measurement instances with the responder devices based on the respective sets of sensing parameters, each measurement instance identified by a unique Measurement Instance ID and the respective Measurement Setup ID. The initiator device obtains, from each responder device, one or more measurement reports indicating channel state information (CSI) based on the one or more respective measurement instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Solomon TRAININ, Assaf Yaakov KASHER, Alecsander Petru EITAN, Alireza RAISSINIA, Simone MERLIN
  • Patent number: 11805438
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for controlling a network with one or more access points (APs). A controller may be configured to schedule at least some resources of the one or more APs to improve network efficiency. The APs may measure and report a variety of information and statistics to the controller. The controller may determine one or more transmission parameters and one or more operations a given AP is permitted to perform during a respective time interval. The controller may communicate the one or more transmission parameters using an indication, such as a message. At least one AP associated with the controller may communicate with stations (STAs) using the one or more transmission parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Yanjun Sun, Hemanth Sampath, Bibhu Mohanty, Brian Michael Buesker, Yuan Zhou, Eric Vanbuhler, Danyang Cong, Raamkumar Balamurthi, Harshit Joshi, Vamsi Vegunta, Danny Jen, Nitin Ravinder
  • Patent number: 11800376
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for environment sensing. In an aspect, a first network node measures one or more first reference signals on a first carrier frequency, the one or more first reference signals received from a second network node to enable determination of one or more first characteristics associated with one or more target objects, and measures one or more second reference signals on a second carrier frequency, the one or more second reference signals received from the second network node to enable determination of one or more second characteristics associated with the one or more target objects, wherein an accuracy of the one or more second characteristics is higher than an accuracy of the one or more first characteristics based on the one or more first reference signals being measured on the first carrier frequency and the one or more second reference signals being measured on the second carrier frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungwoo Park, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Taesang Yoo, Simone Merlin, Srinivas Yerramalli
  • Publication number: 20230319676
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may identify an aggregation capability to communicate in parallel over a plurality of wireless links. The wireless device may in some cases broadcast this aggregation capability (e.g., periodically). Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may transmit the aggregation capability in response to a request received from another wireless device. In some cases, the first wireless device may transmit a request to a second wireless device inquiring about aggregation capabilities of the second wireless device. The second wireless device may respond with its aggregation capabilities (e.g., or may broadcast its aggregation capabilities independently of receiving the response). The wireless devices may establish a multi-link session based at least in part on the indicated aggregation capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Abhishek Pramod Patil, Alfred Asterjadhi, Venkata Ramanan Venkatachalam Jayaraman, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
  • Publication number: 20230309077
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain radio frequency (RF) sensing information indicating at least one of movement information associated with the UE or environment information associated with the UE. The UE may communicate, with a network entity, using a communication parameter that is based at least in part on the RF sensing information. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hussein METWALY SAAD, Xiaoxin ZHANG, Peerapol TINNAKORNSRISUPHAP, Simone MERLIN, Prashanth Haridas HANDE
  • Patent number: 11764847
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for radio frequency (RF) sensing in wireless communication systems. In some implementations, a transmitter device transmits sounding sequences configured for channel estimation over a wireless channel to a receiver device. The transmitter device also transmits or receives non-sounding frames associated with a channel report of the receiver device. The transmitter device transmits a frame soliciting the channel report from the receiver device. The transmitter device receives the channel report, which may include channel state information (CSI) of the wireless channel responsive to at least the sounding sequences. Some types of channel reports may take longer to generate than other types of channel reports. Transmitting or receiving the non-sounding frames during the time period may prevent other devices from accessing the wireless channel when the receiver device needs additional time to generate a certain type of channel report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Alireza Raissinia, Bin Tian, Xiaoxin Zhang, Solomon Trainin, Assaf Kasher, Manish Madan, John Greszczuk
  • Patent number: 11754663
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless sensing. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) measures at least a line-of-sight (LOS) path and a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) path of a first downlink positioning reference signal (DL-PRS) from a first transmission-reception point (TRP), measures at least an LOS path and an NLOS path of a second DL-PRS from a second TRP, measures at least an LOS path and an NLOS path of a third DL-PRS from a third TRP, and enables a location of a non-participating target object to be determined based, at least in part, on reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurements between a time of arrival (ToA) of the LOS path of the first DL-PRS and the ToAs of the NLOS paths of the first, second, and third DL-PRS. In an aspect, the non-participating target object does not participate in determining its own location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungwoo Park, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Juan Montojo, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Taesang Yoo, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 11755886
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for performing radio frequency sensing detection operations. For instance, radio frequency data can be received that is associated with at least one wireless device. The radio frequency data can be based on radio frequency signals reflected from a first object and received by the at least one wireless device. Training label data can also be obtained (e.g., from a labeling device, from the at least one wireless device, etc.). The training label data can be based at least in part on the first object and input data (e.g., received by the labeling device, the at least one wireless device, etc.). A sensing model can be generated based on the radio frequency data and the training label data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Simone Merlin, Jamie Menjay Lin, Brian Michael Buesker, Rui Liang, Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Dijkman, Farhad Ghazvinian Zanjani, Ilia Karmanov, Vamsi Vegunta, Harshit Joshi, Bibhu Mohanty, Raamkumar Balamurthi
  • Patent number: 11743837
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmissions received at the apparatus, to determine uplink power control information based on the determined target receiver power level for UL MU-MIMO transmission or UL OFDMA transmission, and to transmit a frame that includes the determined uplink power control information to a station scheduled by the apparatus for uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arjun Bharadwaj, Rahul Tandra, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Simone Merlin, George Cherian