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).

  • Patent number: 12143981
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Sorour Falahati, Robert Baldemair, Yufei Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20240373417
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
  • Publication number: 20240372669
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
  • Patent number: 12136978
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Bikramjit Singh, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Yufei Blankenship, Mattias Andersson, Kittipong Kittichokechai, Zhenhua Zou, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
  • Publication number: 20240365163
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV
  • Publication number: 20240365312
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship, Siva Muruganathan, Shiwei Gao
  • Publication number: 20240365295
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Yufei Blankenship
  • Patent number: 12127211
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Reem Karaki, Havish Koorapaty, Min Wang, Jung-Fu Cheng, Yufei Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20240314527
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV
  • Publication number: 20240305425
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng Lin, Zhenhua Zou, Yufei Blankenship
  • Patent number: 12089216
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Sorour Falahati, Ali Behravan, Kittipong Kittichokechai, Yufei Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20240297743
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Niklas ANDGART, Jonas FRÖBERG OLSSON, Yufei BLANKENSHIP
  • Publication number: 20240291587
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed by a wireless communication device. The method comprises: determining at least one range and/or resolution indicator, RRI, for sub-band Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, based on sub-band CQI values for two or more sub-bands; determining sub-band differential CQI values for the sub-band CQI values relative to a wide-band CQI value based on the determined RRI; and transmitting the determined at least one RRI for sub-band CQI and the determined sub-band differential CQI values to a network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Yufei Blankenship, Niklas Andgart
  • Publication number: 20240284241
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data burst volume indication for Time Sensitive Communication (TSC). In one embodiment, a method performed by Radio Access Network (RAN) node comprises receiving, from a core network (CN) node, one or more parameters, in additional to a maximum data burst volume (MDBV) parameter, that describe one or more data volume characteristics of a Quality of Service (QOS) flow. In this manner, compared to always assuming the worst-case scenario with the MDBV, the RAN node has a more accurate understanding of the traffic characteristics, which allows the RAN node to optimally schedule radio resources to cater to the data volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zhenhua Zou, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Torsten Dudda, Yufei Blankenship, Bikramjit Singh
  • Patent number: 12069743
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wireless device is configured to transmit a random access preamble. The wireless device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a tone index, and determine a location within a frequency band for transmitting the random access preamble based on the obtained tone index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Xingqin Lin, Ansuman Adhikary, Johan Bergman, Yufei Blankenship, Asbjörn Grövlen, Hazhir Shokri Razaghi, Yutao Sui, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20240276471
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, by a user equipment (UE), for receiving physical data channel transmissions from a wireless network. Such methods include receiving, from the wireless network, configuration information including: a first indication of one or more frequency-domain resource allocations for respective corresponding one or more physical data channel transmissions by respective corresponding one or more sources configured by the wireless network, and one or more second indications of further characteristics of the physical data channel transmissions. Such methods also include, based on the second indications, determining the number of frequency-domain resource allocations indicated by the first indication. Such methods also include receiving, from the wireless network, the determined number of physical data channel transmissions based on the respective indicated frequency-domain resource allocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Yufei Blankenship, Sebastian Faxér, Mattias Frenne, Shiwei Gao
  • Publication number: 20240267160
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a wireless device operable to receive scheduling and data transmission from one or more downlink cells and perform uplink transmission with two or more uplink cells. The method comprises receiving scheduling for a downlink transmission in one of the downlink cells and scheduling for an uplink transmission in one of the uplink cells to provide feedback for the downlink transmission and determining whether the uplink transmission is scheduled at least a minimum processing time after the scheduled downlink transmission. The minimum processing time is based on a numerology of the downlink cells and the uplink cells. The method further comprises, upon determining that the uplink transmission is not scheduled at least a minimum processing time after the scheduled downlink transmission, transmitting an indication to at least one cell of the one or more downlink cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ajit Nimbalker, Yufei Blankenship, Ravikiran Nory
  • Publication number: 20240259132
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for encoding code blocks for transmission in a wireless communication system. An example encoding method in a wireless communication system includes determining, for one or more code blocks of a transport block, that at least one of a plurality of criteria is met, wherein the plurality of criteria includes that a coding rate (R) is less than or equal to ¼ or that a transport block size (TBS) is less than or equal to 3824 bits and the R is less than or equal to ?. The one or more code blocks are encoded using low-density parity-check (LDPC) base graph 2, wherein a maximum code block size is 3840 bits. The one or more encoded code blocks are transmitted over the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sara Sandberg, Mattias Andersson, Yufei Blankenship, Amirpasha Shirazinia
  • Publication number: 20240250727
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for multi-TRP URLLC schemes are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for CSI reporting includes: receiving a configuration for a plurality of Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS resources from a base station; performing channel measurement on the plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources; selecting N of the plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources; performing CSI computations and/or calculating CSI parameters including one or more of: one Rank Indicator (RI), N Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMIs), and one Channel Quality Indicator (CQI); and reporting the calculated CSI parameters. The parameters including one or more of: one RI, N PMIs, one CQI along with one or more of the following as part of CSI reporting: a single CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) indicating the selected N NZP CSI-RS resources; N CRIs indicating the selected N NZP CSI-RS resources; and no CRI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Siva Muruganathan, Yufei Blankenship, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Shiwei Gao, Bikramjit Singh
  • Publication number: 20240244573
    Abstract: A method performed by a first location server for handling location data in a wireless communications network is provided. The first location server determines a first location of a first relay node. The first location of the first relay node is based on a signaling performed between the first relay node and a first set of network nodes. The first location server triggers a determination of a second location of a second network device. The second network device is any of: a first User Equipment (UE) wirelessly connected with the first relay node, or a second relay node. The second location is triggered to be determined based on the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ananya MUDDUKRISHNA, Dhruvin PATEL, Yufei BLANKENSHIP, Fedor CHERNOGOROV