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).

  • TDD time slot splitting
    Patent number: 11405508
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for a cellular communications system, in which traffic is sent in frames, each frame comprising a first number of subframes, with a second number of said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic. At least one of said second number of subframes is made to comprise at least three parts, as follows: One part which is utilized for uplink traffic, One part which is utilized for downlink traffic, One part which is utilized as a guard period, with said guard period part being scheduled between the uplink and the downlink parts. The duration of at least two of said three parts may be varied to fit the current system need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: David Astely, Stefan Parkvall, Per Johan Anders Nyström
  • Random Access Method for Multiple Numerology Operation
    Publication number: 20220240241
    Abstract: The present disclosure introduces methods and apparatus for configuring or preconfiguring random access procedures when there are multiple configurable numerologies for one carrier. In some embodiments, the random access numerology of the wireless device is configured using the system information block. In other embodiments, the random access numerology used by the wireless device is determined implicitly based on the detection of one or more synchronization signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jinhua Liu, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall
  • SIGNALING RADIO TRANSMISSION MAPPING TYPES
    Publication number: 20220232538
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a wireless device is configured to receive resource allocation information from a network node. The wireless device comprises a radio interface and processing circuitry configured to receive radio resource allocation information for a wireless transmission. The radio resource allocation information comprises one or more time-domain resources for the wireless transmission and a mapping type for the wireless transmission. The mapping type refers to a reference signal placement within the wireless transmission (e.g., demodulation reference signal (DMRS) mapping Type A or Type B). The radio interface and processing circuitry are further configured to interpret the received radio resource allocation information to determine a mapping type for the wireless transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan PARKVALL, Robert BALDEMAIR
  • Uplink Scrambling During Random Access
    Publication number: 20220232559
    Abstract: The technology described in this case facilitates random access by a user terminal with a radio base station. A user terminal determines one of a first type of uplink scrambling sequences and generates a random access message using the determined one of the first type of uplink scrambling sequences. The random access message is transmitted to the base station. The user terminal receives from the base station a second, different type of uplink scrambling sequence and uses it for subsequent communication with the radio base station. For example, the first uplink scrambling sequences may be specifically associated with the radio base station's cell area or a random access radio channel associated with the radio base station, but they are not specifically assigned to any user terminal, and the second uplink scrambling sequence may be selected from a second set of uplink scrambling sequences specifically assignable to individual user terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan PARKVALL, Erik DAHLMAN, Tobias TYNDERFELDT
  • Control signaling handling for a RAN
    Patent number: 11394514
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a method of operating a user equipment (10) in a radio access network. The method comprises transmitting control signaling utilising a resource sequence, the control signaling being of a control signaling type representing acknowledgement information and/or resource requesting information, wherein the resource sequence is selected from a set of resource sequences based on the control signaling type. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Stefan Parkvall
  • Persistent indication of acknowledgement resources
    Patent number: 11394499
    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: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Daniel Larsson
  • Data transmissions in control regions
    Patent number: 11395279
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless device comprises: receiving a control channel (e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)) that includes control information that indicates a set of time and frequency resources allocated for the wireless device to receive a data transmission; determining that the set of time and frequency resources allocated for data transmission overlaps with a control resource region (e.g., control resource set (CORESET)); and receiving the data transmission in the set of time and frequency resources allocated for data transmission. The control information may include a bitmap that indicates at one or more groups of time and frequency resources excluded/included for the data transmission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sorour Falahati, Robert Baldemair, Jung-Fu Cheng, Carola Faronius, Havish Koorapaty, Fredrik Ovesjö, Stefan Parkvall, Christian Skärby
  • RESOURCE SELECTION FOR CONTROL SIGNALING IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220225293
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a transmission resource pool. The transmission resource pool comprises resources for transmission of response control signaling by the user equipment. The method comprises transmitting response control signaling utilising a resource structure, the resource structure being selected from the transmission resource pool based on a signaling characteristic of characterising signaling, the resource structure further being selected based on selection control information included in a received selection control message. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Daniel CHEN LARSSON, Jung-Fu CHENG, Havish KOORAPATY, Stefan PARKVALL
  • Time resource allocation for radio access networks
    Patent number: 11388724
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes communicating utilising a time resource allocation, the time resource allocation being indicated by a time resource allocation indication in a received control information message, wherein the time resource allocation indication is mapped to one of a plurality of table representations based on a signaling characteristic of the received control information message. The table representations represent tables having one or more table entries, wherein the table entries associate different values of the time resource allocation indication to a set of time resource allocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair
  • Data signaling for high frequency networks
    Patent number: 11382131
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Eriksson, Ajit Nimbalker, Stefan Parkvall, John Skördeman
  • Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
    Patent number: 11381445
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    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, Bo Lincoln, 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, Johan Nilsson, 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, Anders Wallén, 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
  • HARQ handling for nodes with variable processing times
    Patent number: 11374703
    Abstract: A method for use in a transmitter includes sending a transmission comprising a transport block (TB) comprising a plurality of code blocks (CBs) arranged in one or more code block groups (CBGs). Each code block group includes one or more code blocks and each code block includes a plurality of coded bits. The transmission is sent to a receiver configured to use multi-bit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback per transport block. The method further includes receiving HARQ ACK or NACK feedback from the receiver one or more of the one or more code block groups of the transport block. The method further includes determining a number of code blocks or code block groups to send to the receiver in a retransmission based on at least the received HARQ ACK or NACK feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jung-Fu Cheng, Mattias Andersson, Yufei Blankenship, Stefan Parkvall, Sara Sandberg
  • Resource signaling for PUCCH
    Patent number: 11375478
    Abstract: There is disclosed a User Equipment, UE, for a Radio Access Network. The UE is adapted for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to downlink data, the downlink data having one or more downlink data elements. The acknowledgement signaling has an uplink signaling format having one or more acknowledgement substructures, each of the substructures carrying acknowledgement information pertaining to a downlink data element. Each of the acknowledgment substructures is mapped to a different of the downlink data elements based on at least one acknowledgement position indication provided in downlink control signaling received by the UE. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Erik Dahlman, Sorour Falahati, Stefan Parkvall
  • SIZE INDICATION FOR FEEDBACK SIGNALING
    Publication number: 20220190964
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting feedback signaling utilizing a feedback resource range, the feedback resource range being determined based on a received feedback size indication and a received scheduling assignment indication. The feedback resource range being a part of a signaling resource range configured to the user equipment for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Robert BALDEMAIR, Stefan PARKVALL
  • PRE-EMPTION INDICATION MESSAGE
    Publication number: 20220191914
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method is disclosed for use in a wireless device being affected by pre-emption. The method comprises receiving information from a network node and performing one or more operations based on the received information. The information indicates a portion of a buffer that is affected by pre-emption. Examples of operations that can be performed based on the received information include flushing the portion of the buffer affected by pre-emption or separately handling the portion of the buffer affected by pre-emption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Alexey SHAPIN, Robert BALDEMAIR, Daniel LARSSON, Stefan PARKVALL, Gustav WIKSTRÖM
  • Scrambling of physical channels and reference signals in wireless communication networks
    Patent number: 11356311
    Abstract: Radio network nodes, wireless devices, and related methods are provided in which a pseudo-random sequence initialization value, which is used during the generation of pseudo-random and/or scrambling sequences, is based, at least in part, on a first identifier, wherein the first identifier is equal to a first parameter if the first parameter has been configured and if a second identifier corresponds to a wireless-device-specific identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Robert Baldemair, Claes Tidestav, Mattias Frenne
  • Common control signaling for efficient system operation
    Patent number: 11356218
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system (100), an access node (110) configures, for a user equipment, UE (105), each symbol in a slot (68a) individually as one of multiple possible symbol types. The types including an uplink symbol, a downlink symbol, and a different symbol. The access node (110) transmits, to the UE (105), a slot format indicator, SFI, specifying a number of downlink symbols in the slot (68a) and a number of uplink symbols in the slot (68a), and indicating whether or not the slot (68a) includes an unspecified number of different symbols. The UE (105) receives, from the access node (110), the SFI for the slot (68a), and determines the type of each of the symbols in the slot (68a) based on the number of uplink symbols and the number of downlink symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sorour Falahati, Daniel Chen Larsson, Jung-Fu Cheng, Havish Koorapaty, Stefan Parkvall
  • ACK/NACK transmission strategies
    Patent number: 11356217
    Abstract: Methods and systems for Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) transmission strategies are provided. According to one aspect, a method of operation of a radio node comprises determining whether a combination of resources for a plurality of signals or channels fulfills a predefined criteria: if so, the plurality of signals or channels are transmitted according to a first transmission strategy in which each signal or channel is transmitted on its respective resource or resources; if not, at least some of the plurality of signals or channels are transmitted according to a second transmission strategy different from the first transmission strategy, e.g., transmitting only a subset of the signals or channels, combining signals and channels, etc. The predefined criteria may be based on the characteristics of the resources for the plurality of signals or channels, such as their locations, bandwidths, signal qualities, relative separation in the frequency domain, or other characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall
  • DMRS structure for MMW RAN
    Patent number: 11349621
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting node in a millimeter-wave communication network. The method includes transmitting communication signaling in a transmission timing structure, the communication signaling including control signaling and data signaling, the communication signaling further comprising reference signaling common to the control signaling and data signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Mehrnaz Afshang, Rikke Apelfrojd, Jung-Fu Cheng, Ning He, Dennis Hui, Stefan Parkvall
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIO OPERATION WITH REDUCED BANDWIDTH
    Publication number: 20220166569
    Abstract: A network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to transmit a synchronization block mapped to four OFDM symbols in the time domain and 144 contiguous subcarriers in the frequency domain is provided. Optionally, a first of the four OFDM symbol is used by a primary synchronization signal, PSS. Optionally, a third of the four OFDM symbols is used by a secondary synchronization signal, SSS. Optionally, a second and a fourth of the OFDM symbols are used by a Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH, in 12 contiguous resource blocks, RBs. Optionally, within each of the resource block RB in an OFDM symbol used by PBCH, there are 12 resource elements, and, optionally, 3 of the 12 resource elements are used for a downlink modulation reference signal, DMRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Xingqin Lin, Stefan Parkvall, Yi-Pin Eric Wang