Patents by Inventor Yufei Blankenship
Yufei Blankenship 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).
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Patent number: 12193008Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a first priority of UCI based at least in part on a UCI type where the UCI is preempted by a preempting scheduled uplink shared channel data transmission, and determine whether to include the UCI in the preempting scheduled data transmission based at least in part on the first priority.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Zhenhua Zou, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Abdulrahman Alabbasi, Mattias Andersson, Yufei Blankenship
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Patent number: 12192001Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for transmitting and decoding repeated physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) messages are disclosed. According to one embodiment a method implemented in a wireless device (WD) includes receiving multiple transmissions of a PDCCH message, each of the multiple transmissions of the PDDCH message being repeated in a repetition set. The method further includes monitoring the multiple received PDCCH transmissions to obtain scheduling information for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Mattias Frenne, Sebastian Faxér, Yufei Blankenship
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Publication number: 20250007785Abstract: A method performed by a first network node for handling communication of data in a wireless communications network is provided. The first network node manages a virtual communication model. The virtual communication model simulates a communication of a set of data streams between a wireless device and a second network node. The first network node receives a relationship indication from the second network node. The relationship indication indicates at least one relationship between one or more first data streams in the set of data streams and any one or more out of: one or more second data streams in the set of data streams, and a virtual infrastructure model. Based on the relationship indication and the virtual communication model, the first network node triggers a reduction of data to be communicated in the set of data streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV
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Patent number: 12185356Abstract: A method, system, network node and wireless device are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a pre-emption indication indicating a pre-emption time period for pre-empting an uplink transmission during the pre-emption time period; cancel at least a first portion of a first uplink transmission that is arranged to occur during the pre-emption time period; and if the first uplink transmission includes a second portion arranged to occur before the pre-emption time period, cancel the second portion of the first uplink transmission based on a temporal criterion being met.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Ali Behravan, Robert Baldemair, Sorour Falahati, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Bikramjit Singh, Yufei Blankenship
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Patent number: 12177849Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for transmission of one or more UCIs with colliding PUSCH. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless device (WD) is provided. The method includes determining a first uplink control information (UCI) and a second UCI, the first UCI associated with a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the second UCI associated with a second PUCCH; and combining the first UCI and the second UCI and/or disregarding at least one of the first UCI and the second UCI and/or transmitting at least one of the first UCI and the second UCI in a time resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Bikramjit Singh, Yufei Blankenship, Robert Baldemair, Ali Behravan, Sorour Falahati, Majid Gerami
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Patent number: 12177829Abstract: In one aspect, there is a method performed by a wireless device, WD. The method includes the WD receiving a control message, the control message comprising an indication of an index value. The method further includes the WD obtaining, using the index value, a set of parameters from time domain resource allocation, TDRA, configuration information, the set of parameters comprising an aggregation factor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Kittipong Kittichokechai, Yufei Blankenship, Robert Baldemair, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Sorour Falahati, Niklas Andgart
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Publication number: 20240408307Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless transmitter in a wireless communication network comprises: encoding a set of information carrying data bits u of length K with a linear outer code to generate a set of outer parity bits p along with the data bits u; interleaving the set of outer parity bits p and the data bits u using a predetermined interleaving mapping function that depends on the number of data bits K and is operable to distribute some bits of the set of parity bits p in front of some data bits u; and encoding the interleaved bits using a Polar encoder to generate a set of encoded bits x. Various interleaving mapping functions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Dennis Hui, Yufei Blankenship, Michael Breschel, Anders Wesslén
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Patent number: 12167441Abstract: A method, network node and a wireless device for multiplexing HARQ feedback are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes transmitting a first hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, feedback responsive to a first downlink, DL, transmission, the first HARQ feedback transmitted using not more than an indicated number of bits, the first DL transmission having a first priority. The method also includes transmitting a second HARQ feedback responsive to a second DL transmission, the second DL transmission having a second priority higher than the first priority. The method further includes multiplexing the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback using not more than the indicated number of bits for the first HARQ feedback, to produce a multiplexed HARQ feedback.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Sorour Falahati, Bikramjit Singh, Alexey Shapin, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Yufei Blankenship, Kittipong Kittichokechai
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Patent number: 12143981Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a radio access network, the wireless device being configured with a slot configuration according to which a slot has multiple subslots. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement information reporting on subject transmission in a subslot based on a received timing indication indicating a subslot number for transmitting the acknowledgement information, and based on a subslot offset. There are also disclosed related methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Sorour Falahati, Robert Baldemair, Yufei Blankenship
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Publication number: 20240372669Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a UE, a network node, and methods for uplink transmission with extended uplink reference signal resources. A method at a UE for uplink transmission comprises: receiving, from one or more network nodes, at least one first message indicating at least one of uplink reference signal resources that are configured at the UE and/or indicating an antenna port configuration with up to more than 4 DMRS ports, the number of the configured uplink reference signal resources being up to more than 4 and/or the number of uplink reference signal ports per uplink reference signal resource being up to more than 4; and performing, with at least one of the network nodes, uplink transmission at least partially based on the at least one uplink reference signal resource that is indicated and/or the antenna port configuration that is indicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
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Publication number: 20240373417Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a UE, a network node, and methods for uplink transmission with multiple codewords. A method at a UE for UL or DL transmission comprises: receiving, from a network node, a first message for scheduling UL or DL transmission with one or multiple codewords; and performing, with the network node, the UL or DL transmission at least partially based on the first message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
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Patent number: 12136978Abstract: A method in a user equipment, UE, for reporting channel state information, CSI, to a network includes determining a number of subbands of a bandwidth part, BWP, to report CSI. The method further includes determining a CSI computation time including a CSI computation delay requirement. The method further includes performing CSI estimation for a plurality of the number of subbands based on the CSI computation time. The method further includes reporting the CSI report for at least one of the number of subbands. Analogous UEs, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Bikramjit Singh, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Yufei Blankenship, Mattias Andersson, Kittipong Kittichokechai, Zhenhua Zou, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
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Publication number: 20240365163Abstract: A method performed by a network node for handling a Quality of Service (Qos) configuration request related to a wireless device. The wireless device communicates using a first QoS configuration. The network node receives from the wireless device, sensor data and a first performance indicator related to the sensor data. The network node determines a preferred QoS configuration for the wireless device. The network node transmits to a control unit, a first indication of the preferred QoS. In response to the transmitted first indication, the network node receives a response indicative of a second QoS configuration for the wireless device. Based on the indicated second QoS configuration and the received sensor data, the network node predicts a second performance of the wireless device and transmits to the wireless device, a second performance indicator that indicates the predicted second performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV
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Publication number: 20240365312Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a UE, a network node, and methods for uplink transmission with multiple codewords. The method at a UE for uplink transmission with multiple codewords comprises: performing, with one or more network nodes, an uplink transmission with multiple codewords. The method at a network node for uplink transmission with multiple codewords from a UE comprises: performing, with the UE, an uplink transmission with multiple codewords.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
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Publication number: 20240365295Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a network node for semi-persistently scheduled transmission. pattern for multiple transport block (TB) transmission. The method comprises generating a time domain pattern information indicating a time domain pattern for a multiple transport block (TB) transmission. The method further comprises sending the time domain pattern information to a wireless device. The time domain pattern information may include a bitmap to indicate the time domain pattern for the semi-persistently scheduled data transmission. Each data transmission may occur periodically according to a previously 10 provided configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship
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Patent number: 12127211Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for time resources for NRU configured UL. In one embodiment, a network node is configured to configure a wireless device (WD) with at least one configured grant, CG, uplink transmission configuration; and receive signaling based at least in part on the at least one CG uplink transmission configuration. In one embodiment, a wireless device (WD) is configured to obtain at least one configured grant, CG, uplink transmission configuration; and transmit signaling based at least in part on the obtained at least one CG uplink transmission configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Reem Karaki, Havish Koorapaty, Min Wang, Jung-Fu Cheng, Yufei Blankenship
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Publication number: 20240314527Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device, for handling a plurality of sensor data streams related to the wireless device in a wireless communications network is provided. The wireless device obtains sensor data related to the plurality of sensor data streams. Based on the obtained sensor data, the wireless device determines prediction data indicative of how to predict current and/or future sensor data of the plurality of sensor data streams. The prediction data includes any one or more out of a subset of sensor data relating to a subset of the plurality of sensor data streams, and at least one prediction parameter indicative of a predictability of the current and/or future sensor data of the plurality of sensor data streams. The wireless device transmits an indication of the determined prediction data to a network node.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV
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Publication number: 20240305425Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enhanced transmit and receive performance for time synchronization. In one embodiment, a method performed by an access node for a wireless network comprises receiving a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) preamble from a User Equipment (UE) and deriving timing-related information based on the PRACH preamble in accordance with a defined uplink signal timing detection error requirement, the defined uplink signal timing detection error requirement being stricter than a respective uplink signal timing detection error requirement defined in Release 15 and 16 of Third Generation Partnership Project New Radio (NR) specifications for a subcarrier spacing used for the PRACH preamble. The method further comprises sending the timing-related information to the UE. In this manner, enhanced time synchronization performance can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Zhenhua Zou, Yufei Blankenship
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Patent number: 12089216Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for scheduling PUCCH transmissions that are longer than a subslot such that no different PUCCH transmissions overlap in time are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node includes scheduling physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions on a per sub-slot basis. The method further includes transmitting to a wireless device (WD) on a per sub-slot basis a physical downlink channel having an indication of a sub-slot to transmit a PUCCH transmission according to the schedule.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Sorour Falahati, Ali Behravan, Kittipong Kittichokechai, Yufei Blankenship
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Publication number: 20240297743Abstract: A method performed by a UE for handling communication in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving, from a radio network node, a configuration data comprising one or more settings used to determine a decoding margin for determining a type of an ACK or NACK message from multi-level ACK or NACK messages. The one or more settings include one or more of: a target BLER, an outer loop target rate, a difference between the target BLER and the outer loop target rate, and a SINR offset. The method also includes transmitting, to the radio network node, the ACK or NACK message of the type for a received transport block, wherein the ACK or NACK message is of the type determined based on the received configuration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Niklas ANDGART, Jonas FRÖBERG OLSSON, Yufei BLANKENSHIP