Patents by Inventor Stefan Parkvall

Stefan Parkvall 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: 11206120
    Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for waveform selection are provided. A method includes selecting a waveform based on one of a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, a resource allocation, and transport block size, TBS, and transmitting using the selected waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Chen Larsson, Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Ravikiran Nory, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11206691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface, for example between a mobile terminal and a radio base station of a mobile network. A method aspect of the invention comprises the steps of transmitting a synchronization request for synchronization information; receiving synchronization information in response to the synchronization request; and transmitting, based on at least one transmission parameter adjusted in accordance with the synchronization information, a resource request for data transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Maria Edvardsson, Erik Dahlman, Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11201718
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting first numerology information indicating a first numerology for a carrier, the first numerology having a first subcarrier spacing and a first frequency reference. The method also includes transmitting a frequency shift indication indicating a second frequency reference for a second numerology for the same carrier, the frequency shift indication indicating the second frequency reference in relation to the first frequency reference. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Asbjörn Grövlen, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11201710
    Abstract: A wireless device monitors search spaces by receiving an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol in a downlink slot. The OFDM symbol is included in a control-resource set, CORESET, of resource elements configured to carry control information. The CORESET is associated with at least one property. The wireless device identifies at least one first property of the at least one property of the CORESET. The wireless device monitors at least one particular search space for a control message related to the wireless device based on the identified at least one first property of the CORESET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Havish Koorapaty, Daniel Chen Larsson
  • Patent number: 11197271
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for transmission and reception of an uplink grant during a gap created in radio resources assigned by a previous multiple Transmit Time Interval (multi-TTI) uplink grant in a system operating according to a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) scheme. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a wireless device operating according to a TDD scheme in a cellular communications network includes: receiving a first uplink grant from a radio network node that assigns first radio resources for a first multiple transmit time interval uplink transmission, the first radio resources comprising a set of consecutive subframes; and interrupting an uplink transmission on the first radio resources during a gap in the first radio resources assigned for the first multiple transmit time interval uplink transmission, the gap comprising a time domain gap within the set of consecutive subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Sahlin, Mattias Frenne, Johan Furuskog, Stefan Parkvall, Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11196465
    Abstract: A wireless device 108 and a method therein for assisting in precoder selection for wireless communication with a Radio Node (RN) 106, and a RN 106 for performing precoder selection for wireless communication with a wireless device 108. The wireless device is configured with a set of precoders. The wireless device determines a subset of precoders out of the set of precoders; and transmits, to the RN, at least one Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) precoded with a respective at least one precoder comprised in the subset. The RN receives, from the wireless device, at least one SRS precoded with a respective at least one precoder comprised in a subset of precoders; and transmits, to the wireless device, a signal indicative of a selected precoder to be used for a transmission to the RN, wherein the selected precoder is indirectly selected based on the received at least one SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Håkan Andersson, Mattias Frenne, Johan Furuskog
  • Publication number: 20210377955
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a user equipment, UE, is operable for multiple sub-carrier spacing values. The UE comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the UE is operable to determine one of a plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables based on first information received from a network node. The first information comprises a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI. The UE is operable to determine a time-domain resource allocated to the UE for transmission or reception of a wireless signal based on the determined one of the plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables and second information received from the network node. The second information comprises a time-domain resource allocation field value received in downlink control information, DCI. The UE is further operable to transmit or receive the wireless signal using the determined time-domain resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Jung-Fu CHENG, Daniel LARSSON, Ravikiran NORY, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Patent number: 11190376
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein enable the use of Demodulation Reference Signal, DMRS, sequences that are numbered relative to an overall system bandwidth, while simultaneously enabling wireless communication devices to determine the DRMS sequence elements mapped to their scheduled bandwidths within the system bandwidth. Advantageously, the wireless communication devices need not know the system bandwidth, or even be aware of where their scheduled bandwidths reside within the system bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Mattias Frenne, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11191102
    Abstract: A method in a network node for managing random-access procedures with a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprising transmitting an indication of a modulation format to one or more of the plurality of wireless devices to configure the modulation format for a random access message 3 transmission from the one or more wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Sahlin, Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11190325
    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: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Carola Faronius, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20210368509
    Abstract: Systematic size matching procedures for downlink control information, DCI, provide exact instructions on how DCI size matching is to be performed in a NR wireless system, to meet predetermined limits for how many different DCI sizes may be monitored by a user equipment, UE. With these procedures, consistent and exact DCI size matching can be performed while keeping blind decoding procedures manageable, ensuring common understanding of DCI contents between the UE and the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Xingqin Lin, Stefan Parkvall, Jung-Fu Cheng, Jianwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210368492
    Abstract: A method for transmission of control data to a user equipment in a mobile telecommunication system, wherein the method comprises sending control data to the user equipment in a data transmission, and performing, by the user equipment, a blind decoding of transmission elements within the data transmission in order to detect the control data in a data region in the data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Hoymann, George Jöngren, Lars Lindbom, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20210359798
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus for processing such signaling information, are disclosed. Signaling scheduling information includes scheduling first and second transport blocks for simultaneous transmission during a first transmission interval on first and second data substreams, respectively, and assigning a single re-transmission process identifier for the first transmission interval and transmitting first scheduling information for the first transmission interval. The first scheduling information includes the re-transmission process identifier and first disambiguation data. Additionally, at least one of the first and second transport blocks is scheduled for re-transmission during a second transmission interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Bo Göransson, Per Johan Torsner, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20210359887
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (700) for generating a Demodulation Reference Signal, DM-RS, sequence for channel estimation and demodulation in New Radio network when transform pre-coding is enabled in transmissions. The method includes: determining (701) a cyclic shift value for cyclic shift of a base sequence; and generating (702) a corresponding Demodulation Reference Signal, DM-RS, sequence based on the cyclic shift value. The present disclosure also provides a DM-RS sequence generation apparatus, a UE and a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall, Jianwei Zhang, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11177921
    Abstract: A mobile terminal camps in a first cell associated with a first reference signal with a first physical structure that relates to a first Time Division Duplex (TDD) allocation of sub-frames for uplink and downlink transmission. The first reference signal is carried by the downlink sub-frames. The mobile terminal detects a broadcast indication of a second physical structure for carrying a second reference signal that relates to a second allocation of sub-frames for uplink and downlink transmissions that differs from the first allocation. The downlink sub-frames according to the second allocation carry the second reference signal. The mobile terminal measures the second reference signal of a neighbor cell as carried by the second physical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, David Astely, Erik Dahlman
  • Publication number: 20210352661
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising transmitting data signaling in a signaling time interval, wherein an integer number CB of code blocks of data are associated to an integer number BS of allocation units of the signaling time interval. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Eriksson, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20210351895
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a Radio Access Network, the method including communicating utilizing frequency resources based on allocation information received in a message, the message having an allocation information structure containing the allocation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan PARKVALL, Robert BALDEMAIR, Daniel CHEN LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20210352658
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a CSI/HARQ feedback-transmitting node receives control information indicating resources in which data is to be received by the node. The control information includes an ACK/NACK Resource Indicator (ARI) having a value indicating one of a plurality of predetermined sets of control channel resources for transmitting CQI feedback and HARQ feedback. The node determines a feedback payload size parameter, based on a number of bits to be reported for CQI feedback and for HARQ feedback, and selects, from a plurality of control channel resources in the predetermined set of control channel resources indicated by the value of the ARI, one of the control channel resources of the predetermined set, based on the feedback payload size parameter. The node transmits CQI feedback and HARQ feedback in the selected control channel resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20210352716
    Abstract: There is disclosed method of operating a receiving radio node (10, 100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving data signaling based on a data signaling indication, the data signaling indication indicating data signaling of an unspecified duration. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Eriksson, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall, John Skördeman
  • Patent number: 11172510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a user terminal, UE, in a wireless communication system (1). The user terminal (4a, 4b) comprises a receiver unit (5a, 5b), a transmitter unit (6a, 6b) configured to transmit data in transmit sub-frames occurring at defined sub-frame intervals, and a control unit (7a, 7b) configured to control the receiver circuit (5a, 5b) and the transmitter circuit (6a, 6b). The control unit (7a, 7b) is also configured to create a PRACH, Physical Random-Access Channel, preamble (27) as an uplink transmission to a node (2) that is arranged to receive communication from the user terminal in said sub-frames. This communication comprises OFDM, Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing, based symbols (20). The control unit (7a, 7b) is configured to create each PRACH preamble (27) such that is comprises a sequence of a plurality of identical random access sequences (s(n)), where each random access sequence (s(n)) has the same length in time as each one of the OFDM based symbols (20a, 20b, 20c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Sahlin, Håkan Andersson, Robert Baldemair, Johan Furuskog, Peter Nauclér, Stefan Parkvall