Patents by Inventor Thawatt Gopal

Thawatt Gopal 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: 11271612
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A multi-antenna user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using a first antenna, determine to switch from the first antenna to a second antenna for communicating with the base station, determine a silence window in which communication with the base station is suspended, schedule the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to occur during the silence window, and switch from the first antenna to the second antenna during the silence window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Scott Hoover, Defang Chen, Sridhar Bandaru
  • Publication number: 20220069873
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify at least one collision between a periodic reporting of channel state information associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a periodic reference signal transmission associated with a second RAT, wherein each reference signal transmission of the periodic reference signal transmission is sequentially transmitted via a plurality of antennas based at least in part on a first antenna order. The UE may determine a second antenna order for the periodic reference signal transmission that resolves the at least one collision. The UE may transmit the periodic reference signal transmission using the second antenna order. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Reza SHAHIDI, Brian Clarke BANISTER
  • Publication number: 20220070953
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish a first communication link using a first radio access technology (RAT). The UE may establish a second communication link using a second RAT. The UE may determine whether to prioritize antenna selection for the first communication link using the first RAT or the second communication link using the second RAT. The UE may prioritize antenna selection for the first communication link or the second communication link based at least in part on the determination. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Brian Clarke BANISTER, Sridhar BANDARU, Reza SHAHIDI
  • Publication number: 20220030479
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may communicate on a primary carrier using a first antenna port. The UE may communicate on a secondary carrier using a second antenna port. The UE may determine whether to switch the secondary carrier from the second antenna port to the first antenna port based on a channel condition associated with the second antenna port. The UE may switch the secondary carrier from the second antenna port to the first antenna port based on a determination to switch the secondary carrier from the second antenna port to the first antenna port. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Sachin JAIN, Sridhar BANDARU, Bhupesh Manoharlal UMATT, Thawatt GOPAL
  • Publication number: 20220022069
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving a measurement configuration, wherein the measurement configuration indicates at least one or more frequency bands, determining, based on one or more parameters, a periodicity for measuring the at least one or more frequency bands, and performing measurements of the at least one or more frequency bands according to the determined periodicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Thawatt GOPAL, Vishal HINGORANI, Sumit Kumar SINGH, Xiaoning LU, Bhupesh Manoharlal UMATT, Nitin PANT, Kunal SRIVASTAVA
  • Publication number: 20210400599
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating managing multi-SIM concurrent mode for TDD co-banded or spectrum overlap carriers are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes estimating a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, where the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber. The example method also includes transmitting, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Qingxin Chen, Reza Shahidi, Francesco Gatta
  • Publication number: 20210360530
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may monitor a channel for wireless communication associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) during one or more of a first active duration or a first inactive duration. The UE may operate in a first power mode during the first inactive duration. The UE may monitor the channel for wireless communication associated with a second RAT during one or more of a second active duration or a second inactive duration. The UE may operate during the second inactive duration in one or more of the first power mode or a second power. The UE may operate according to the first mode or the second mode based on the monitoring of the channel associated with the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Reza Shahidi, Brian Clarke Banister, Vishal Mahajan, Vikram Ramesh Babu, Joshua Tennyson Macdonald, Thawatt Gopal, Udayan Bhawnani, Yu Fu, Bhupesh Manoharial Umatt, Sridhar Bandaru, Scott Hoover, Brain George, Hemanth Kumar Rayapati, Sunil Kc, Sandeep Ramannavar, Sandeep Rao
  • Publication number: 20210329508
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) is presented. The UE may include one or more antennas which are shared between a first network connection and a second network connection in a dual connectivity mode. The method includes reporting a first sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna-switching capability to a base station. The method also includes transmitting an SRS to the base station via a second SRS antenna-switching capability when the first network connection has priority over the second network connection, where the second SRS antenna-switching capability is reduced with respect to the first SRS antenna-switching capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Brian Clarke Banister, Brian George, Vishal Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20210320697
    Abstract: An apparatus may operate in a dual connectivity mode in which the apparatus is simultaneously connected to carriers of different radio access technologies. The apparatus may operate via a first antenna set of a plurality of antenna sets, the first antenna set including a first communication path. The apparatus may determine to operate via a second antenna set of the plurality of antenna sets based on whether one or more criteria is satisfied. The apparatus may select at least one second communication path for the second antenna set based on the one or more criteria. The apparatus may operate via the second antenna set over the at least one second communication path when the criteria is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Brian GEORGE, Vishal MAHAJAN, Brian Clarke BANISTER
  • Publication number: 20210267005
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an antenna switch selection associated with a dual connectivity antenna configuration, wherein the antenna switch selection is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and the dual connectivity antenna configuration permits communication via the first RAT and a second RAT; determine, based at least in part on the antenna switching selection, a quantity of communication chains, associated with the first RAT, that are affected by an antenna switching process of the second RAT; and selectively permit, based at least in part on the quantity of communication chains, a reconfiguration of the dual connectivity antenna configuration according to the antenna switch selection. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Brian Clarke BANISTER, Timothy Paul PALS, Reza SHAHIDI, Supratik BHATTACHARJEE
  • Publication number: 20210160792
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for protecting shared low noise amplifiers by limiting transmission power. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining that a transmission by the UE on a frequency band via a first radio access technology (RAT) overlaps in time with a period that the UE is configured to receive on the frequency band via a second RAT; and limiting transmission power on the first RAT during the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Harish VENKATACHARI, Thawatt GOPAL, Qingxin CHEN, Shriram GURUMOORTHY
  • Publication number: 20210112399
    Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE). The apparatus determines that a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM of the UE share a cross switch and determines whether to modify concurrent operation of the first SIM or the second SIM based, at least in part, on a determination that the first SIM and the second SIM of the UE share the cross-switch. The concurrent operation of the first SIM and the second SIM may include the first SIM performing SRS antenna switching and the second SIM performing an idle mode activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Qingxin CHEN, Sridhar BANDARU, Sunil KC
  • Publication number: 20210067209
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A multi-antenna user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using a first antenna, determine to switch from the first antenna to a second antenna for communicating with the base station, determine a silence window in which communication with the base station is suspended, schedule the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to occur during the silence window, and switch from the first antenna to the second antenna during the silence window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Scott HOOVER, Defang CHEN, Sridhar BANDARU
  • Patent number: 10716044
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block (MIB) that includes an indication that there is no cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) on a frequency on which the UE is camped; and deprioritize a reselection procedure for one or more cells on the frequency based at least in part on the indication that there is no cell-defining SSB on the frequency. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chhavi Jain, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Thawatt Gopal
  • Publication number: 20200162981
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block (MIB) that includes an indication that there is no cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) on a frequency on which the UE is camped; and deprioritize a reselection procedure for one or more cells on the frequency based at least in part on the indication that there is no cell-defining SSB on the frequency. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Chhavi JAIN, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Thawatt Gopal
  • Patent number: 10542584
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that provide for communicating coexistence messages over a multi-drop serial bus. A method performed at a device coupled to a serial bus includes receiving first coexistence information directed to a first device coupled to the serial bus, generating a first coexistence message representative of the first coexistence information, converting the first coexistence message to obtain a first datagram including the first coexistence information, and transmitting the first datagram to the first device over the serial bus. The first coexistence message may be configured for communication through a point-to-point data link. The first datagram may be configured according to a first protocol associated with the serial bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Olaf Josef Hirsch, Shriram Gurumoorthy, Reza Shahidi
  • Publication number: 20190335538
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that provide for communicating coexistence messages over a multi-drop serial bus. A method performed at a device coupled to a serial bus includes receiving first coexistence information directed to a first device coupled to the serial bus, generating a first coexistence message representative of the first coexistence information, converting the first coexistence message to obtain a first datagram including the first coexistence information, and transmitting the first datagram to the first device over the serial bus. The first coexistence message may be configured for communication through a point-to-point data link. The first datagram may be configured according to a first protocol associated with the serial bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Thawatt GOPAL, Olaf Josef HIRSCH, Shriram GURUMOORTHY, Reza SHAHIDI
  • Patent number: 10334558
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may detect a collision of paging messages for a first subscription and a second subscription of the wireless device during a paging processing duration, the first receive chain including at least one antenna path. The wireless device may determine that, in a connected mode, it is configured to operate a second receive chain with one or more additional antenna paths, and may allocate, for a subsequent instance of the paging processing duration, the first subscription to one of the first receive chain or the second receive chain, and the second subscription to the other of the first receive chain or the second receive chain. The wireless device may monitor, during the subsequent instance of the paging processing duration, for a first paging message and a second paging message using the first and second receive chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Tom Chin, Reza Shahidi
  • Publication number: 20190158215
    Abstract: A method of broadcasting data is disclosed. A plurality of broadcast data streams are received and divided into a plurality of frames. Each frame includes data from only one of the broadcast data streams. The frames can then be broadcast wirelessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Hosein, Thawatt Gopal
  • Patent number: 10291310
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for gap-based antenna measurement for antenna switch diversity, where there are fewer number of receivers or transmitters than the number of available antennas. The receivers may switch to additional antennas during a gap and switch back to the previous antennas. A device may select which antennas to use for communications based at least on measurements of additional antennas, thus supporting antenna switch diversity despite having fewer number of receiver chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Robert Chan, Reza Shahidi