Patents by Inventor Stephen G. Dick

Stephen G. Dick 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: 11929860
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU) is configured to receive sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information. The SRS configuration information indicates a plurality of SRS configurations and indicates antenna transmission information. The WTRU is configured to receive SRS trigger information. The SRS trigger information comprises an indication to trigger transmission of one of the plurality of SRS configurations. The WTRU is configured to transmit a plurality of SRS associated with the indication in the SRS trigger information and based on the SRS configuration information. At least a first SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a first antenna port in a first symbol and at least a second SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a second antenna port in a second symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Patent number: 11889504
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives control information over a physical downlink control channel in a shared radio resource space monitored by the WTRU. The control information includes radio resource assignment information and an indication of whether the control information includes radio resource assignment information for an uplink shared channel or whether the control information includes radio resource assignment information for a downlink shared channel. The WTRU determines whether the control information is intended for the WTRU based on WTRU identity-masked (ID-masked) cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits. The WTRU determines, based on the indication, whether the control information is for the uplink shared channel or whether the control information is for the downlink shared channel. The WTRU transmits data over the uplink shared channel based on the radio resource assignment information on a condition that the control information is determined to be for the uplink shared channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen G. Dick, Philip J. Pietraski
  • Patent number: 11888768
    Abstract: A base station and a method for use by the base station are disclosed. The method includes transmitting, over an interface, to a controlling node a request for wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) information, and receiving, over the interface, the WTRU information including WTRU capabilities information in response to the request, wherein the WTRU capabilities information indicates time intervals associated with numerations for shared channel allocation usage by the WTRU. A control node is also disclosed where the control note includes a processor and interface for receiving, over the interface, from a base station a request for WTRU information, and transmitting, over the interface, the WTRU information including WTRU capabilities information in response to the request, wherein the WTRU capabilities information indicates time intervals associated with numerations for shared channel allocation usage by the WTRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20230362941
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Robert L. Olesen, Ghyslain Pelletier, Marian Rudolf, Paul Marinier, Charles A. Dennean, Stephen G. Dick, Allan Y. Tsai, Christopher R. Cave, Chang-Soo Koo
  • Patent number: 11743898
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Robert L. Olesen, Ghyslain Pelletier, Marian Rudolf, Paul Marinier, Charles A. Dennean, Stephen G. Dick, Allan Y. Tsai, Christopher R. Cave, Chang-Soo Koo
  • Patent number: 11706681
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods supporting uplink transmissions are disclosed. A method includes receiving signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, receiving a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID, and transmitting to at least the one non-primary cell an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources. Another method includes transmitting signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, transmitting a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and receiving an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources on at least the one non-primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20230216623
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method for use by the WTRU are disclosed. The method includes transmitting, over an interface, to a controlling node a request for wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) information, and receiving, over the interface, the WTRU information including WTRU capabilities information in response to the request, wherein the WTRU capabilities information indicates time intervals associated with numerations for shared channel allocation usage by the WTRU. A control node is also disclosed where the control note includes a processor and interface for receiving, over the interface, from a base station a request for WTRU information, and transmitting, over the interface, the WTRU information including WTRU capabilities information in response to the request, wherein the WTRU capabilities information indicates time intervals associated with numerations for shared channel allocation usage by the WTRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 11647439
    Abstract: A method and base station are disclosed. The base station comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The base station performs wireless communications with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a primary cell, transmits a message via a shared channel of the primary cell, wherein the message includes information identifying a plurality of non-primary cells, and transmits, to the WTRU, data over a downlink channel of at least one of the plurality of non-primary cells identified by the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 11647438
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus performs wireless communications with a primary cell, receives a message via a shared channel of the primary cell, wherein the received message includes information identifying a plurality of non-primary cells, monitors downlink channels of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the received message, and receives data over a downlink channel of at least one of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the monitored downlink channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 11626946
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method for use by the WTRU for transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message to a first base station, the RRC message including WTRU capability information, receiving and processing configuration information from a second base station, the configuration information being received after the second base station has received a WTRU information transfer message from a network controller, the WTRU information transfer message including uplink physical channel support information, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) parameters including TDD specific parameters, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information, supported modulation scheme information, and shared channel information, and sending transmissions to the second base station in accordance with the received configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20230059545
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU) is configured to receive sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information. The SRS configuration information indicates a plurality of SRS configurations and indicates antenna transmission information. The WTRU is configured to receive SRS trigger information. The SRS trigger information comprises an indication to trigger transmission of one of the plurality of SRS configurations. The WTRU is configured to transmit a plurality of SRS associated with the indication in the SRS trigger information and based on the SRS configuration information. At least a first SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a first antenna port in a first symbol and at least a second SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a second antenna port in a second symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Patent number: 11576099
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method comprising monitoring a plurality of cells for ACK/NACK information, each of the plurality of cells including a plurality of downlink channels, for each of the plurality of cells, determining a subset of the downlink channels for the cell, and, for each of the plurality of cells, monitoring the subset of downlink channels for one or more downlink messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Publication number: 20220330121
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods supporting uplink transmissions are disclosed. A method includes receiving signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, receiving a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID, and transmitting to at least the one non-primary cell an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources. Another method includes transmitting signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, transmitting a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and receiving an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources on at least the one non-primary cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 11424875
    Abstract: A base station and a method for use by a base station for receiving, from a network controller using an interface for communication between the base station and the network controller, a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) information transfer message, wherein the WTRU information transfer message includes uplink physical channel support information, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) parameters including TDD specific parameters, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information, supported modulation scheme information, shared channel information, and based on the received WTRU information transfer message, transmitting information to the WTRU to control at least uplink transmissions of the WTRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 11419063
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to receive a WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) subframes for performing SRS transmissions. The WTRU is configured to receive a trigger in a subframe to transmit a first SRS. The WTRU is configured to select a first subframe. The WTRU is configured to determine that a maximum power would be exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe. The WTRU is configured to, on a condition that transmission of at least one other SRS would at least partially overlap in the symbol in the selected first subframe, scale transmission powers of the first SRS and the at least one other SRS equally to comply with the maximum power. The WTRU is configured to transmit, in accordance with the scaled transmission powers, the first SRS in the selected subframe and the at least one other SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Chang-Soo Koo, Peter S. Wang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, John W. Haim, Stephen G. Dick, Mihaela C. Beluri
  • Publication number: 20220216958
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method for use by the WTRU for transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message to a first base station, the RRC message including WTRU capability information, receiving and processing configuration information from a second base station, the configuration information being received after the second base station has received a WTRU information transfer message from a network controller, the WTRU information transfer message including uplink physical channel support information, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) parameters including TDD specific parameters, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information, supported modulation scheme information, and shared channel information, and sending transmissions to the second base station in accordance with the received configuration information
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 11375425
    Abstract: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) and a method performed by the WTRU for receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, receiving a single message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process ID, wherein the WTRU has one or more HARQ processes and uplink transmissions by the WTRU utilize asynchronous HARQ, and transmitting to at least the non-primary cell an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20220086725
    Abstract: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) and a method performed by the WTRU for receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, receiving a single message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process ID, wherein the WTRU has one or more HARQ processes and uplink transmissions by the WTRU utilize asynchronous HARQ, and transmitting to at least the non-primary cell an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Patent number: 11277778
    Abstract: A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU includes a receiver and a transmitter. The WTRU receives, from a primary downlink cell, a first scheduling assignment for a first uplink transmission and transmits first data in the first uplink transmission to at least a primary uplink cell using a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The WTRU receives, from the primary downlink cell, a second scheduling assignment, the second scheduling assignment indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identification of the first HARQ process, a modulation and coding set (MCS), and a transmission time opportunity, determines whether to retransmit the first data based on the HARQ process identification, and retransmits the first data in a second uplink transmission using the first HARQ process, the MCS, and the transmission time opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Sung-Hyuk Shin, Stephen E. Terry, James M. Miller, Stephen G. Dick
  • Publication number: 20220077975
    Abstract: A base station and a method for use by a base station for receiving, from a network controller using an interface for communication between the base station and the network controller, a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) information transfer message, wherein the WTRU information transfer message includes uplink physical channel support information, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) parameters including TDD specific parameters, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information, supported modulation scheme information, shared channel information and layer 2 buffer size information, and based on the received WTRU information transfer message, transmitting information to the WTRU to control at least uplink transmissions of the WTRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick