Patents by Inventor Sony Akkarakaran

Sony Akkarakaran 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: 20230408627
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a first network node receives transmitter phase information from a second network node, the transmitter phase information including one or more parameters representing phase of a plurality of positioning reference signals (PRS) transmitted by at least one network node on a plurality of frequency intervals, and obtains positioning measurements of the plurality of PRS transmitted by the at least one network node based on the one or more parameters representing the phase of the plurality of PRS to enable a location of a user equipment (UE) to be determined based on at least the positioning measurements of the plurality of PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jingchao BAO, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Tao LUO, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Juan MONTOJO
  • Patent number: 11848879
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yih-Hao Lin, Srinivas Yerramalli, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Sony Akkarakaran, Marwen Zorgui
  • Patent number: 11849396
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Jelena Damnjanovic, Jing Sun, Ozcan Ozturk, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11848880
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a serving base station, a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) indicating activation or deactivation of a semi-persistent (SP) sounding reference signal (SRS)-for-positioning, wherein a reserved bit in the MAC-CE or a logical channel identifier (LCID) of a MAC subheader of the MAC-CE indicates the activation or deactivation of the SP SRS-for-positioning, and transmits the SP SRS-for-positioning on one or more SRS resources configured for the UE, the SP SRS-for-positioning having transmission parameters adopted from a spatial relation reference signal for the SP SRS-for-positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 11849422
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support security techniques for ranging in wireless networks. A first device may transmit an indication to initiate a ranging procedure with a second device, and in response to the indication, the second device may transmit signaling to the first device and to one or more third devices. The first device and the one or more third devices may each determine a respective location metric associated with the second device based on the signaling. The one or more third devices may each transmit, to the first device, the respective location metric. Based on the communicated location metric(s), the first device may determine whether an eavesdropper is present and may communicate with the second device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Kapil Gulati, Shuanshuan Wu, Hong Cheng, Shailesh Patil, Gene Wesley Marsh, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11849459
    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 bandwidth part (BWP)-specific access link parameters and one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. The UE may perform at least one of access link communication with a base station based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific access link parameters, or sidelink communication with another UE based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Jung Ho Ryu, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11848874
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify time and frequency resources for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) in a first transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit configuration information for a control channel search space set in a second TTI. The second TTI may precede the first TTI. The configuration information may include an indication of an absence of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission to send in the control channel search space set indicating the identified time and frequency resources for the PDSCH, and a set of time and frequency resources for the control channel search space set. The UE may receive the configuration information and identify the time and frequency resources allocated for the PDSCH in the second TTI, and receive the PDSCH transmission in the second TTI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Xiao Feng Wang, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Shengbo Chen, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11848780
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating a HARQ flush indicator for transmissions are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a first sidelink device includes transmitting a sidelink transmission of one or more CBs using code block groups, each code block group including one or more CBs of the sidelink transmission. The example method also includes receiving negative feedback for at least one CB of the sidelink transmission. Additionally, the example method includes retransmitting the at least one CB. The example method also includes transmitting an FI indicating to avoid combining a prior sidelink transmission of the at least one CB with a retransmission of the at least one CB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Jung Ho Ryu, Jelena Damnjanovic
  • Patent number: 11844071
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for avoiding hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier (ID) conflicts in scenarios where multiple semi persistently scheduled (SPS) configurations share the same pool of HARQ process IDs are provided. One technique involves receiving an indication of SPS configurations, where each SPS configuration allocates a set of SPS occasions for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions. A conflict is detected between a first HARQ process ID associated with a first SPS occasion of a first SPS configuration and a second HARQ process ID associated with a second SPS occasion of a second SPS configuration, where the first SPS occasion occurs prior to the second SPS occasion. At least one action to resolve the conflict is taken based on predetermined rule(s), in response to detecting the conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Ozcan Ozturk, Jing Sun, Sony Akkarakaran, Junyi Li, Xiaoxia Zhang, Iyab Issam Sakhnini
  • Patent number: 11843981
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mobility techniques that allow for dynamically updating a set of cells activated to serve a user equipment (UE) and the cell in the set of cells designated as the primary cell (PCell). An example method includes receiving signaling indicating a set of cells supported by one or more distributed units (DUs) under a common central unit (CU); identifying a subset of the set of cells activated to serve the UE, wherein a first cell of the activated cells comprises a primary cell selected from cells included in a candidate set of primary cells (PCells); and identifying another one of the activated cells to serve as the PCell if the first cell is re-designated as a secondary cell (SCell), wherein the other one of the activated cells comprises a cell selected from the candidate set of PCells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Junyi Li, Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Ozcan Ozturk, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11843964
    Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) identifies a set of positioning sources, each positioning source comprising a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource, a PRS resource set, a PRS frequency layer, and/or a transmission/reception point (TRP). From the set of positioning sources, the UE identifies a consistency group comprising a collection of positioning sources grouped based on expected values of at least one metric of a reference signal from each positioning source, measured values of the at least one metric for the reference signal from each positioning source, and an error threshold. The UE identifies one or more subsets of positioning sources within the consistency group, each subset having at least one metric error value. The UE reports, to a network entity, information about the consistency group and information about at least one of the subsets of positioning sources within the consistency group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Jingchao Bao, Weimin Duan, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 11844064
    Abstract: Aspects relate to signaling at least one relaying parameter for a wireless communication device that supports relaying operations. In some examples, the wireless communication device may send such a relaying parameter to a scheduling entity. The scheduling entity may then schedule a relaying operation for the wireless communication device based on the relaying parameter. For example, the scheduling entity may select the resources to be used for the relaying operation based on the relaying parameter. In some examples, a relaying parameter may indicate one or more of a relaying capability of a wireless communication device, an operational condition (e.g., requirement) for relaying by a wireless communication device, a relaying configuration for a wireless communication device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Sony Akkarakaran, Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230397302
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node sets a downlink transmission timing of the IAB node relative to a downlink reception timing of the IAB node based on a first set of values for a set of timing parameters, receives, from a parent IAB node of the IAB node, a second set of values for the set of timing parameters, and transmits, to a positioning entity, a report indicating a change from the first set of values to the second set of values, a new downlink transmission timing based on the second set of values, or a change in downlink transmission timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sony AKKARAKARAN, Tao LUO, Navid ABEDINI, Sven FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20230397268
    Abstract: A first UE may establish a sidelink connection with at least one second UE via a first PCC. The first PCC and a first set of SCCs may be associated with a first transmission of the first UE. The sidelink connection with the at least one second UE may be associated with carrier aggregation. The first UE may detect, and transmit a first indication, that at least one of (i) the sidelink connection is associated with an RLF value that is within an RLF threshold of an RLF limit, or (ii) the first set of SCCs is capable of maintaining the sidelink connection. The first UE may receive, based on the first indication, a second indication of a switch of the sidelink connection from the first PCC to a first SCC of the first set of SCCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed Farhan HANIF, Jelena DAMNJANOVIC, Tao LUO, Sony AKKARAKARAN
  • Publication number: 20230397220
    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 bandwidth part (BWP)-specific access link parameters and one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. The UE may perform at least one of access link communication with a base station based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific access link parameters, or sidelink communication with another UE based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sony AKKARAKARAN, Tao LUO, Jung Ho RYU, Junyi LI
  • Publication number: 20230397017
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for generating energy signals and interference cancellation. An example method includes transmitting, to a network entity, an indication of a preferred configuration for transmission of an energy signal to power one or more components of the first UE and receiving the energy signal from the network entity based, at least in part, on the preferred configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed ELSHAFIE, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Yuchul KIM, Yu ZHANG, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI, Linhai HE, Huilin XU
  • Patent number: 11838066
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) determination using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, a method for wireless communications from a UE generally includes determining resources to monitor for radio link monitoring (RLM) prior to being configured with resources to monitor for RLM after establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a network, and performing RLM based on the determined resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Bilal Sadiq, Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Xiao Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11838950
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to sidelink transmissions. In an example, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a multi-opportunity grant from a network entity, the multi-opportunity grant indicating multiple listen-before-talk (LBT) opportunities for scheduling a transmission between the first UE and a second UE; perform a LBT procedure for one or more slots of a plurality of slots indicated by the multiple LBT opportunities; select a first slot of the plurality of slots corresponding to an earliest available LBT based on performing the LBT procedure; and communicate a transmission to the second UE during the transmission time interval (TTI) of the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal, Sony Akkarakaran, Ozcan Ozturk
  • Patent number: 11838905
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first node may transmit, to a second node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node, a first signal, wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing; determine whether a second signal, based at least in part on the first signal, is received on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node; and transmit a third signal based at least in part on receiving the second signal or perform a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on determining that the second signal is not received. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Ling Ding, Sony Akkarakaran, Kiran Venugopal, Tianyang Bai, Junyi Li, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11838782
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for measurements on a first frequency band applicable to procedures on a second frequency band. A technique that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) may include sending a base station (BS) an indication of the first frequency band, which may be a preferred measurement frequency band. The UE may then measure one or more reference signals (RSs) on the preferred measurement frequency band. The UE may then apply the measurements of the one or more RSs on the preferred measurement frequency band for one or more procedures on the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamed Pezeshki, Tao Luo, Taesang Yoo, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Sony Akkarakaran, Jingchao Bao