Patents by Inventor Xiao Feng

Xiao Feng 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).

  • MAXIMUM TRANSPORT BLOCK SIZES AND SPAN FOR A TRANSPORT BLOCK IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220166536
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a report of a maximum transport block size supported by the UE for if hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is enabled and a maximum transport block size for is HARQ is disabled. The UE may receive, based at least in part on transmitting the report, one or more transport blocks that have a transport block size that does not exceed the maximum transport block sizes supported by the UE. In some aspects, the UE may receive an indication of a length of a span for receiving a set of bits from channel encoder output for a transport block or a redundancy version of a transport block. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Bharat SHRESTHA, Umesh PHUYAL
  • Variable-length transmission schemes
    Patent number: 11343843
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE. The method may include interpreting the grant based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine the mini-slot. The method may include communicating with the base station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Kaushik Chakraborty, Wooseok Nam, Shengbo Chen, Xiao Feng Wang
  • TECHNIQUES FOR POWER CONTROL USING CARRIER AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220151347
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for managing transmissions using multiple component carriers (CCs) in which transmissions using one or more of the CCs may span less than a full transmission time of a slot or other transmission time interval. A UE may signal a capability to transmit such transmissions, and one or more capabilities related to carrier aggregation that may be used by a base station for scheduling of transmissions on different CCs. In the event that overlapping transmissions on two or more CCs exceed a maximum power threshold, various techniques for dropping at least a portion of one or more transmissions of one or more CCs are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Tingfang Ji
  • Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating hyperlipidemia-related diseases
    Patent number: 11332789
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, assessment, and characterization of hyperlipidemia-related diseases and disorders, including atherosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes mellitus in a subject in need thereof, based on the expression level of at least one miRNA that is associated with these diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Xiao-Feng Yang
  • Reusing long-term evolution (LTE) reference signals for new radio (NR) system operations
    Patent number: 11336407
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to reusing long-term evolution (LTE) resources for new radio (NR) system operations are provided. A UE receives, from a base station, a reference signal configuration of a first network of a long-term evolution (LTE) radio access technology (RAT). The UE and the base station are associated with a second network of another RAT. The reference signal configuration indicates at least a number of antenna ports associated with a reference signal of the first network. The UE determines a location of the reference signal associated with the reference signal configuration and receives, from the base station, a data signal of the second network based at least on the location of the reference signal of the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Xiao feng Wang, Sony Akkarakaran, Wooseok Nam, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Kaushik Chakraborty, Shengbo Chen
  • POWER CONTROL DESIGN FOR NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20220150845
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine at least one of a downlink path loss value or an uplink path loss value associated with a base station; receive system information, a semi-persistently configured grant via RRC or a dynamic uplink grant via DCI from the base station, wherein the RRC signaling or the dynamic uplink grant identifies a power control value associated with one user or a plurality of users associated with the base station; and determine a transmit power for a data or control transmission based at least in part on at least one of the downlink path loss value or the uplink path loss value and the power control value. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jing LEI, Tingfang JI, Peter GAAL, Xiao Feng WANG, Joseph Binamira SORIAGA, Seyong PARK, Gabi SARKIS, Wanshi CHEN, Naga BHUSHAN, Ying WANG, Jay Kumar SUNDARARAJAN
  • BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220140508
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a board-to-board connecting structure, including providing a first circuit board, including a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer stacked on the first dielectric layer, and a first wiring layer sandwiched between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. A second circuit board is provided, including a third dielectric layer, a fourth dielectric layers stacked on the third dielectric layer, and a second wiring layer sandwiched between the third dielectric layer and the fourth dielectric layer. The first step and the fourth dielectric layer are bonded through a first adhesive layer. The third step and the dielectric layer are bonded through a second adhesive layer. The second step and the fourth step are bonded through the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: XIAO-FENG ZHENG, XIAO-PENG RONG
  • Paging for non-terrestrial networks
    Patent number: 11323174
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for paging a user terminal (UT) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), which may define a plurality of NTN tracking areas (TA). Each NTN TA, served by one or more satellite beams, may move or may be a geographic region. The UT may report its location before changing its connection state with the NTN and may also update its location whenever it moves a threshold distance from the previous reported location. The NTN may estimate UT's current location based on the last reported location and other factors including mobility of the UT. The NTN may determine a UT TA as the NTN TA that corresponds to the current location, and may page the UT through one or more satellite beams corresponding to the UT TA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Jun Ma, Huilin Xu, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Dan Zhang
  • MEASUREMENT TIMES FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20220132565
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a wireless communication device, a measurement time indication for measuring at least one signal associated with at least one inter-frequency neighbor cell. The UE may receive the at least one signal associated with the at least one inter-frequency neighbor cell based at least in part on the measurement time indication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bharat SHRESTHA, Ayan SENGUPTA, Xiao Feng WANG, Umesh PHUYAL, Le LIU, Prasad Reddy KADIRI, Mungal Singh DHANDA, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Liangping MA
  • HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) PROCESS TYPE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20220131653
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing feedback. For example, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, a configuration of a search space comprising time and frequency resources available to the network node for communicating a downlink control channel, the configuration indicating a feedback process type corresponding to the search space. The UE may also receive, from the network node, the downlink control channel in the search space. The UE may also receive a downlink transmission scheduled by the downlink control channel. The UE may selectively provide feedback to the network node regarding decoding of the downlink transmission according to the feedback process type corresponding to the search space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng Wang, Huilin Xu, Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Jun Ma, Peter Gaal, Bharat Shrestha, Umesh Phuyal
  • BEAM AND NARROWBAND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20220131594
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select, while operating using a first beam corresponding to a cell, a second beam corresponding to the cell based at least in part on a set of beam information associated with the second beam, wherein a first narrowband is associated with the first beam and a second narrowband is associated with the second beam. The UE may communicate with a wireless communication device that provides the cell using the second beam. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bharat SHRESTHA, Mungal Singh DHANDA, Umesh PHUYAL, Xiao Feng WANG, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Liangping MA
  • SEMISTATIC CODEBOOK FOR SIMULTANEOUS RECEPTION
    Publication number: 20220131655
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing a size of semistatic codebooks for HARQ feedback. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a number (M) of candidate downlink transmission occasions for a time period, determining a maximum number (k) of simultaneous downlink transmissions the UE can receive during the time period, receiving one or more downlink transmissions during the time period from a base station, and determining a type of encoding for the HARQ feedback based on: (i) a number of the one or more downlink transmissions received, (ii) the number (M) of candidate downlink transmission occasions for the time period, and/or (iii) the maximum number (k) of simultaneous downlink transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Le Liu, Peter GAAL, Kazuki TAKEDA, Motafa KHOSHNEVISAN, Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Juan MONTOJO, Wanshi CHEN, Xiaoxia ZHANG
  • HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) CODEBOOK DESIGN
    Publication number: 20220132547
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook design. For example, a user equipment (UE) configured for feedback processing may comprise a memory and a processor configured to receive, from a base station (BS), a first indication of a first feedback process type for providing feedback to the BS for a plurality of feedback processes of the UE. The memory and the processor may also be configured to receive one or more first downlink transmissions from the BS associated with at least one feedback process of the plurality of feedback processes. The memory and the processor may also be configured to transmit feedback or withhold transmission of feedback to the BS regarding decoding of the one or more first downlink transmissions according to the first feedback process type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng Wang, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Ayan Sengupta, Peter Gaal, Huilin Xu, Jun Ma, Bharat Shrestha, Umesh Phuyal
  • Schedule virtual machines
    Patent number: 11307889
    Abstract: Techniques for virtual machines include receiving virtual machine (VM) requests, and finding one or more VM requests of the VM requests that optimize available resources of a candidate host machine while seeking to minimize differences between the one or more VM requests and the candidate host machine. The one or more VM requests are allocated to the candidate host machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qing Feng Hao, Biao Cao, Li Ping Hao, Xiao Feng Ren, Dong Yan Yang, YaLian Pan, Xue Yong Zhang, Xi Qian
  • UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL REPETITION FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220116254
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for wireless communications, and more particularly uplink reference signal repetition for non-terrestrial networks. A user terminal in a non-terrestrial network may identify an uplink reference signal format that includes a comb-based pattern of subcarriers within a first orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and within a second OFDM symbol for transmission of an uplink reference signal. The user terminal may map the uplink reference signal to a first set of subcarriers within the first OFDM symbol and to a second set of subcarriers within the second OFDM symbol in accordance with the comb-based pattern. Thereby, the user terminal may transmit, to a base station in the non-terrestrial network, the uplink reference signal on the mapped subcarriers of the OFDM symbols, which may be transmitted coherently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Xiao Feng Wang, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Peter Gaal, Huilin Xu, Jun Ma, Wei Yang
  • EMISSION SPECIFICATIONS FOR NTN
    Publication number: 20220116926
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) are provided. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of an emission specification for each of one or more beams, the emission specification for each of the one or more beams being associated with an NTN. The UE may communicate, with the base station via the one of the one or more beams, based on the emission specification for the one or more beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG
  • Multi-link new radio (NR)-physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) design
    Patent number: 11304188
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, multi-link PDCCH monitoring. A UE may receive signaling configuring it to operate in at least one of a set of different modes of monitoring beam-pair links, wherein each beam-pair link comprises a transmit beam configured to be used by a base station (BS) for beamformed transmissions and a corresponding receive beam used by the UE. The UE may monitor at least two or more beam-pair links for downlink control channel transmissions based, at least in part, on the received signaling, and may transmit feedback to the BS based, at least in part, on the monitored beam-pair links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Xiao Feng Wang, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Kaushik Chakraborty, Wooseok Nam, Shengbo Chen
  • SATELLITE AND BEAM SPECIFIC INFORMATION UPDATING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220109496
    Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for wireless communication devices to update satellite and beam specific information. A user equipment (UE) selects a first cell associated with a first satellite for wireless communication in the non-terrestrial network. The UE determines whether to use one or more standard parameters or one or more satellite-cell specific parameters for accessing the first cell. The one or more standard parameters are based on one or more standard characteristics common to a plurality of satellites including the first satellite. The one or more satellite-cell specific parameters are based on a change to at least one standard characteristic of the one or more standard characteristics of the first satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Bharat SHRESTHA, Ayan SENGUPTA, Xiao Feng WANG, Umesh PHUYAL, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Liangping MA
  • POLARIZATION INDICATIONS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK, CORESET, AND BEAM FOOTPRINT
    Publication number: 20220109490
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a polarization of at least one synchronization signal block (SSB). The UE may determine a polarization of another beam based at least in part on the indicated polarization. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Xiao Feng WANG, Peter GAAL, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Lizhi ZHENG, Bharat SHRESTHA, Jun MA, Umesh PHUYAL
  • MEASUREMENT OF REFERENCE SIGNAL WITH POLARIZATION
    Publication number: 20220110011
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a duration of a first gap that precedes a reference signal, based at least in part on a polarization of the reference signal. The UE may determine a duration of a second gap that succeeds the reference signal, based at least in part on the polarization of the reference signal. The UE may perform a measurement of the reference signal based at least in part on the first gap and the second gap. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Peter GAAL, Xiao Feng WANG, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Ayan SENGUPTA, Bharat SHRESTHA, Jun MA, Umesh PHUYAL