Patents Issued in August 1, 2023
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Patent number: 11716674Abstract: The described technology can be implemented as a wireless communication method in which timing information in a wireless communication network is mapped to a signal. The timing information includes information related to a synchronization signal block index and the signal includes at least one of a reference signal on a broadcast channel and a synchronization signal. The signal is transmitted by including at least a part of the information related to the synchronization signal block index.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Ting Miao, Haigang He, Feng Bi
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Patent number: 11716675Abstract: A first base station is disclosed. The first base station may transmit, to a second BS, at least one PRACH preamble for requesting OSI. The first base station may receive a PDCCH and an associated PDSCH, the PDSCH including the OSI. Prior to transmitting the at least one PRACH, the first base station may scan for neighboring BSs. The first base station may determine, based on first quality metrics associated with the neighboring BSs, a set of BSs, the set of BSs including the second BS. The first station may obtain a MIB and at least one SIB from each of the set of BSs. The at least one PRACH preamble may be transmitted to the second BS based on the obtained MIB and the at least one SIB from the second BS.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Satish Kumar, Sarath Pinayour Chandrasekaran
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Patent number: 11716676Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a channel detection method and device, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: when N downlink bandwidth parts (BWPs) corresponding to a terminal are in an activated state, wherein an nth BWP in the N BWPs is provided with Cn control resource sets and Sn search space sets, the terminal determining K BWPs and/or ? n ? Cn ? control resource sets and/or ? n ? Sn ? search space sets according to indication information or a preset rule of a network device, N?2, 1?n?N, 0?K?N, 0?Cn??Cn, 0?Sn??Sn; and the terminal performing detection on a downlink control channel in the K BWPs and/or the ? n ? Cn ? control resource sets and/or the ? n ? Sn ? search space sets.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Jia Shen
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Patent number: 11716677Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to prioritizing access by first user equipment (UEs) connected to a first radio access technology (RAT) type over access by second UEs connected to a second RAT type responsive to a failure of a core network node. A node of the core network, such as a session management node, may determine that another node of the core network has failed based on a negative response or no response from that other node. The node may then prioritize access based on RAT types of requesting UEs.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Muhammad Waqar Afzal, Suresh Thanneeru, Suliman Albasheir, Rahul Pal, Karunakalage Viraj Rakitha Silva
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Patent number: 11716678Abstract: A wireless communication network comprises distributed ledgers that host network attributes that have data values that characterize wireless data services. Directory circuitry stores ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes. Network circuitry delivers the wireless data services to wireless User Equipment (UEs). The network circuitry generates and stores the data values and their network attributes in the distributed ledgers. The directory circuitry receives a directory information request and selects a portion of the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes based on the directory information request. The network circuitry receives a ledger information request responsive to the selected portion of the ledger information. The network circuitry selects and transfers a portion of the network attributes and the related data values based on the ledger information request.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Tracy Lee Nelson, Ronald R. Marquardt
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Patent number: 11716679Abstract: An electronic device of determining proximity of a wireless external device is provided. The electronic device includes a transceiver, a sensor, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit a first signal to the external device through the transceiver, acquire, when the first signal is transmitted, information about a user's gesture made in a vicinity of a sensor positioned within a certain distance from the transceiver through the sensor, wherein the first signal is distorted by the user's gesture and provided to the external device, receive, from the external device through the transceiver, a second signal generated as the external device copies the distorted first signal, and determine the proximity of the external device based on the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Stanislav Pedan, Mykola Alieksieiev, Roman Gush
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Patent number: 11716680Abstract: A protocol data unit (PDU) type setting method, a user equipment (UE) policy setting method, and a related entity, where the PDU type setting method includes: setting, by UE, a requested PDU type of a PDU session in a process of establishing the PDU session, where the requested PDU type of the PDU session is set by the UE based on a first condition, the first condition includes an Internet Protocol (IP) version corresponding to an application, and the application is associated with the PDU session. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the requested PDU type of the PDU session can be consistent with a PDU type requested by the application, such that the application can normally perform communication.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaojuan Li, Haorui Yang, Hui Jin, Guowei Ouyang, Fenghui Dou
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Patent number: 11716681Abstract: Techniques for controlling or managing uplink access of a UE to a base station using unlicensed spectrum includes signaling an indication of different uplink access constraints so the UE connects to the base station when the UE and/or the uplink direction between the UE and the base station meet the uplink access constraints. The indication may be broadcast in a reference or synchronization signal, e.g., by utilizing unused or undesignated bits. Uplink access constraints may include a threshold distance of UEs from the base station, interference in the uplink direction (which may differ from interference in the downlink direction), etc. Based on the indicated constraints, the UE may determine whether or not to consider the base station as a candidate serving cell for wireless network access. The UE may be an in-flight aircraft and the base station may be a logical cell of a network that provides in-flight connectivity services.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLCInventors: Heinz A. Miranda, James P. Michels
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Patent number: 11716682Abstract: The method executed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, according to various embodiments, may comprise: a step in which a reception station (STA), which supports a multilink comprising a first link and a second link, receives a target wake time (TWT) element via the first link, wherein the TWT element is received via a beacon and includes information for TWT period configuration for the second link; a step in which the reception STA configures a TWT period for the second link on the basis of the TWT element; and a step in which the reception STA communicates with a transmission STA via the second link within the TWT period.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suhwook Kim, Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Jinsoo Choi
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Patent number: 11716683Abstract: Systems, devices and automated processes are provided for configuring backup battery power for RF radio operations at a base station, including a module configured to communicate with an API tool to receive a plurality of data sets using an open API format about metrics of various operating distributed power sources; a cell site module configured to monitor power usage at a cell site and to generate a series of data sets about the power usage at the cell site; an analysis module configured to correlate the plurality of data sets of the various operated distributed power sources with the series of data sets of power usage at the cell site; the analysis module to forecast a frequency and a duration of a power outage at the cell site based on metrics of correlated data of the data sets of the various operated distributed power sources and the series of data sets about power usage at the cell site; and a backup power supply configured with a capacity at the cell site based on the metrics derived from the correlatType: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.Inventor: Jon Crofford
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Patent number: 11716684Abstract: A configuration method and a device are provided. The method includes: sending a first message to a network-side device, where the first message explicitly or implicitly indicates a power saving mode or a power saving class of a terminal device; receiving, from the network-side device, first feedback information about the first message; and determining, based on the first feedback information, value(s) of one or more first parameters related to power consumption of the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Dajie Jiang, Peng Sun, Xueming Pan
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Patent number: 11716685Abstract: A method for controlling an environment control system having a controller and a wireless sensor includes determining, at the controller, that a condition exists to initiate updating a parameter of the wireless sensor; determining, at the controller, an updated parameter in response to the condition; transmitting the updated parameter from the controller to the wireless sensor; storing, at the wireless sensor, the updated parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Jing Li, Mathew Gervais
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Patent number: 11716686Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may generate a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indication that a user equipment (UE) is to wake from a power saving state or to reconfigure a cycle associated with the power saving state; and transmit the RRC message toward the UE via a connection of a second cell group to cause the UE to wake from the power saving state or reconfigure the cycle associated with the power saving state. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventor: Linhai He
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Patent number: 11716687Abstract: An access point (AP) that supports the IEEE 802.11ba protocol may transmit a frame including a physical layer (PHY) preamble to one or more stations (STAs) over a channel. The PHY preamble may include a plurality of repeated modulated legacy signal (L-SIG) fields to spoof a recipient of the frame and protect a wake up signal (WUS) to be subsequently transmitted by the AP. The AP may transmit the WUS to at least a first STA of the one or more STAs, wherein the at least the first STA is a IEEE 802.11ba compliant STA.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Alphan Sahin, Rui Yang, Frank La Sita, Hanqing Lou, Xiaofei Wang, Li Hsiang Sun
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Patent number: 11716688Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station, higher layer signaling comprising a power saving offset (PS-offset) indicating a first start time when the UE starts, prior to a second start time of a drx-onDuration timer, monitoring physical downlink channel (PDCCH) for downlink control information (DCI) notifying power saving information outside a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time and parameters indicating a search space; identifying at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion for the DCI based on the PS-offset and the parameters indicating the search space; and monitoring the DCI on the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Seunghoon Choi
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Patent number: 11716689Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a pre-emption indication associated with a scheduled transmission between the base station and the UE. Accordingly, the UE may perform energy harvesting, during the scheduled transmission, based at least in part on the pre-emption indication. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Ahmed Elshafie, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar
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Patent number: 11716690Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node first receives a first bit field and Q second-type bit field(s), and then transmits L radio signal(s) at a first power value; the first bit field is used for determining a first reference signal resource set; each of the Q second-type bit field(s) indicates one power offset; the first power value is only related to power offsets indicated by all second-type bit fields among the Q second-type bit field(s) that correspond to a first index, and the first index is one of K1 indexes associated to the first reference signal resource set; and the first index is related to the L reference signal resource set(s). Multiple times of repetition based uplink transmissions employ a uniform power control mechanism under multiple beams, which reduces hardware requirements at terminal side and improves transmission performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Dido Wireless Innovations LLCInventors: Qi Jiang, Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 11716691Abstract: A signal transmission method, a related device, and a system are provided. The method includes a terminal receiving configuration information, where the configuration information indicates N sets of power control parameters configured for M uplink resources or uplink resource sets, where M?1, M is a positive integer, N>1, and N is a positive integer; and the terminal transmits an uplink signal on the M uplink resources or uplink resource sets, where transmission power for transmitting the uplink signal on the M uplink resources or uplink resource sets is determined based on a first power control parameter, and the first power control parameter is selected from the N sets of power control parameters. According to the foregoing solution, uplink transmission power can be more flexibly adjusted, and power efficiency in uplink transmission and uplink transmission performance can be maximized.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Di Zhang, Xianda Liu, Jianqin Liu
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Patent number: 11716692Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating total uplink power for a wireless communication device (WCD). A distance between a portion of a user's body (e.g., the user's ear) and the WCD is determined. It is then determined whether this distance is less than or greater than a predetermined threshold. If the distance is less than the predetermined threshold, the WCD may use a lower uplink power. If the distance is greater than the predetermined threshold, the WCD may use a higher uplink power. The WCD then transmits wireless uplink signals using either the lower or higher uplink power based on the distance between the WCD and a portion of the user's body.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: David Rosen, Akin Ozolu, Nagi A. Mansour, Daniel Stewart Broyles
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Patent number: 11716693Abstract: Methods and apparatus for changing cell range coverage are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include circuitry configured to transmit subframes of radio frames using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), where the subframes are divided into first and second sets. The circuitry may include a first power control loop utilized for the first set of subframes and a second power control loop utilized for the second set of subframes. The first power control loop may set transmission power levels for transmission over the PUSCH for the first set of subframes, and the second power control loop may set transmission power levels for transmission over the PUSCH for the second set of subframes. The circuitry may be configured with a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a first eNodeB and a second PUCCH for a second eNodeB to simultaneously communicate with the first and the second eNodeBs.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Philip Pietraski, Carl Wang, Stephen E. Terry, Samian Kaur, Yingxue Li, Janet Stern-Berkowitz, Kenneth Kearney, Douglas Castor
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Patent number: 11716694Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method of estimating a transmit power of a UE. The method comprises determining, at a base station serving the UE, a received power for the UE, determining, at the base station, a path loss for the UE, and determining, at the base station, the transmit power for the UE as a function of the received power for the UE and the path loss for the UE. The method can be used when the first UE has reached or exceeded a maximum reported power headroom (PHR) for the UE and can be used for performing transmit power control for the UE as a function of the determined transmit power for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed. The described embodiments can be used in a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) as well as other types of base stations.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventor: Gopikrishna Charipadi
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Patent number: 11716695Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for exception-robust time-averaged radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance continuity. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes transmitting a first signal at a first transmission power based on time-averaged RF exposure measurements over a time window and storing RF exposure information associated with the time window. The method may also include detecting that an exception event associated with the UE occurred and transmitting a second signal at a second transmission power based at least in part on the stored RF exposure information in response to the detection of the event.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Troy Curtiss, Akhil Deodhar, Jagadish Nadakuduti, Lin Lu, Paul Guckian
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Patent number: 11716696Abstract: Provided is a power control technique for a user equipment that supports high transmission power. An aspect of the invention relates to user equipment that supports a first power class in a certain frequency band, the user equipment including a transceiver that transmits radio signals to and receives radio signals from a base station; and a transmission power controller that controls transmission power to the base station, wherein, upon accessing the base station in the frequency band provided with, as a default power class, a second power class that is lower than the first power class, the transmission power controller controls the transmission power in accordance with a regulation of the default power class, and the transmission power controller controls the transmission power so that the transmission power becomes less than or equal to maximum output power of the default power class.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Hiromasa Umeda, Kei Andou
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Patent number: 11716697Abstract: Precision digital chronography based on detected changes in state of a processor is described. The changes in state may be detected by another processor and an averaged time interval generated. A signal corresponding to the averaged time interval may be communicated to a distributed database and propagated to remote systems. Devices associated with the remote systems may adjust or set a device clock in accordance with the averaged time interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventors: Lyle W. Paczkowski, Peter Paul Dawson, Ronald R. Marquardt, Walter F. Rausch
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Patent number: 11716698Abstract: The invention relates to a solution for determining an allowable round trip time for a communication between a base station and a terminal device served by the base station in an asynchronous communication system, At least some aspects of the solution relate to a method performed by a controller, the method comprises: determining round trip times of terminal devices served by the base station; selecting a maximum round trip time among the determined round trip times of the terminal devices served by the base station as the allowable round trip time; and delivering the selected allowable round trip time to the base station. The solution also relates to applying the determined round trip time by a base station and a terminal device as well as to a system comprising the mentioned entities and to computer program products.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Skylo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kalle Ruttik, Keijo Lehtinen, Yihenew Beyene, Marko Keskinen, Riku Jantti
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Patent number: 11716699Abstract: A user equipment (UE), such as a full-duplex UE, may receive a downlink transmission from a first transmit-receive point (TRP) in a full-duplex multi-TRP configuration. The UE may perform an uplink transmission to a second TRP in the full-duplex multi-TRP configuration based at least in part on a timing advance adjustment associated with the uplink transmission. The UE may apply the timing advance adjustment based at least in part on an indication received from a base station. The indication may be to set a timing advance offset to a value that satisfies a threshold value based at least in part on the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission being associated with two different TRPs. The downlink transmission and the uplink transmission may not be separated by a guard symbol when the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission are associated with the two different TRPs, which may improve a resource utilization.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
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Patent number: 11716700Abstract: A base station determines a window of time for arrival of uplink signals, wherein the window of time includes a start based on a first expected time of arrival for a first uplink signal from a first UE and an end based on a second expected time of arrival for a second uplink signal from a second UE. The base station detection detects a false base station, such as a L1 man-in-the-middle false base station, based on an uplink signal being received outside of the determined window of time for the arrival of uplink signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ravi Agarwal, Gavin Bernard Horn, Naga Bhushan
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Patent number: 11716701Abstract: Techniques for position estimation using uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) signals via a fully or partially reciprocal wireless channel between a User Equipment (UE) and terrestrial transceiver can be enhanced by leveraging information obtained from UL or DL signals having the stronger Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). This information can include the number of paths and/or complex sinusoids, and can be shared with the base station or location server to parameterize the model of the wireless channel. In some embodiments, the UE can further determine a quality metric for the model and send it to the location server or terrestrial transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Lorenzo Ferrari, Taesang Yoo
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Patent number: 11716702Abstract: A system and method for estimating a geolocation The method includes subdividing the camping cell into grid points where each grid point of the grid points has an associated relative offset from a camping beam center; illuminating the camping cell with a camping beam and each of the adjacent cells with adjacent beams; receiving a camping beam signal strength and adjacent beams signal strengths for each grid point of the grid points; profiling, at each grid point of the grid points, ratios of the camping beam signal strength to each one of the adjacent beams signal strengths; mapping the ratios and the associated relative offset of each grid point of the grid points; and estimating a relative geolocation of a User Terminal (UT) from the camping beam center based on a UT camping beam signal strength and UT adjacent beams signal strengths.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Liping Chen, Lin-Nan Lee
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Patent number: 11716703Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a paging method, applied to a wireless communications system. When downlink data to a terminal reaches a first access network device from a core network, the first access network device is triggered to determine a paging parameter of the terminal, and to send, based on the paging parameter, a paging message to the terminal through the first access network device or a second access network device.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bingzhao Li, Yan Wang, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang
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Patent number: 11716704Abstract: One or more techniques for beamformed paging are disclosed. A transmission/reception point (TRP) may transmit a paging inquiry signal using beam sweeping in a paging inquiry (PI) block with a different time, frequency resource set and/or sequence configuration associated with the same paging occasion (PO), for example, to randomize and/or distribute WTRUs into different monitoring groups. A WTRU may transmit an uplink paging inquiry response indicating a downlink beam for a paging data transmission and/or a WTRU ID. A downlink control and/or a data channel transmission may be triggered by a paging inquiry response transmission. Paging downlink control information may be transmitted in a WTRU-specific control channel, which may contain CRC bits masked by a temporary paging identity, e.g., based on a WTRU ID that may be reported in a paging inquiry response transmission. A WTRU paging procedure may be based on a paging inquiry signal and/or response transmission.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Tao Deng, Benoit Pelletier, Paul Marinier, J. Patrick Tooher, Ghyslain Pelletier, Yugeswar Deenoo, Martino M. Freda
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Patent number: 11716705Abstract: A user equipment and apparatus receive from a base station, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and transmit to the base station, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended. A base station transmits to a user equipment, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and receives from the user equipment, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Masato Fujishiro, Kugo Morita, Henry Chang
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Patent number: 11716706Abstract: The present disclosure method and device in node used for wireless communication. A first node receives first information, the first information being used for indicating a first time-unit format; determines second information; and determines a first resource pool; herein, a first time window comprises Q first-type time-domain-resource blocks, the Q being a positive integer greater than 1; a first symbol is one of the positive integer number of multicarrier symbol(s) comprised in any of the Q first-type time-domain-resource blocks; the first time-unit format is used for indicating whether the first symbol is a first-type symbol; the second information is used for indicating a positive integer number of first-type time-domain-resource block(s) out of a first time-domain-resource-block subset. A flexible slot format has been taken into account in the process of V2X resource pool configuration in the present disclosure, thus ensuring that the resource pool can effectively meet traffic requirements.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jin Liu, Xiaobo Zhang
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Patent number: 11716707Abstract: According to various embodiments, disclosed are a method by which a terminal simultaneously transmits messages in at least two carriers in a wireless communication system supporting device to device (D2D) communication, and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, disclosed are a method by which a terminal simultaneously transmits messages in at least two carriers, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: independently sensing, by a carrier, a transmission resource, and calculating the ratio of transmission resources, which can be simultaneously transmitted on at least two carriers, on the basis of a result of the sensing by the carrier; setting the sensed transmittable transmission resource as a transmission candidate resource when the calculated transmission resource ratio is greater than or equal to a preset threshold ratio; and selecting a transmission resource to be used for the message transmission in each of at least two carriers within the transmission candidate resource.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Heejin Kim, Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo
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Patent number: 11716708Abstract: A base station that performs wireless communication with a terminal using a first frequency band which does not need the license to use for the wireless communication, the base station includes: a controller configured to generate a request signal for requesting data transmission of the terminal in the first frequency band and specifying a first transmission timing of the terminal; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the terminal the request signal, wherein, the request signal includes information used for specifying a second transmission timing, which is a next transmission timing when the terminal does not perform data transmission at the first transmission timing and is specified by an offset from a reference timing.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Tsuyoshi Shimomura
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Patent number: 11716709Abstract: In one aspect, a user terminal is disclosed including a processor that controls a mapping of a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS), having a fixed location regardless of a symbol duration of an uplink shared channel (PUSCH), controls a mapping of a second DMRS, which is allocated depending on the symbol duration of the PUSCH, and determines a location of the second DMRS if the second DMRS is allocated. The user terminal also includes a transmitter that transmits at least one of the first DMRS and the second DMRS.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Tooru Uchino, Kazuaki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11716711Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of a time domain resource allocation (TDRA), in a unit of a time domain resource block (RB) or in a unit of a time domain RB group, for a communication that is to use a time domain waveform. The unit of the time domain RB or the unit of the time domain RB group may be a sub-symbol unit. The UE may communicate with the base station, using the time domain waveform, based at least in part on the TDRA for the communication. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jun Ma, Jing Sun, Wooseok Nam, Iyab Issam Sakhnini, Zhifei Fan, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 11716712Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for interference management with adaptive resource block (RB) allocation. In an exemplary method, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS), an indication of a first set of resource blocks (RBs) to receive a first downlink (DL) transmission in a time interval, the UE receives, from the BS, an indication of a dynamically allocated second set of RBs to receive a second DL transmission from the BS in the time interval, and the UE alters one or more parameters of a receiver, based on the second set of RBs, when receiving the second DL transmission on the second set of RBs. Altering the one or more parameters may include switching a phase-locked loop (PLL) of the receiver to a center frequency determined based on the second set of RBs.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoyin He, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Joseph Patrick Burke
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Patent number: 11716713Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more spectral efficiency ranges that are to be used to select a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for a sidelink communication. The UE may transmit the sidelink communication using the MCS selected based at least in part on the one or more spectral efficiency ranges. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Shuanshuan Wu, Kapil Gulati, Gabi Sarkis, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
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Patent number: 11716714Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to tone mapping for a high-efficiency (HE) trigger-based (TB) null data packet (NDP) feedback physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). A device may identify a frame received from a second device. The device may determine, based on the frame, a resource unit allocated to the device, wherein the resource unit is associated with a 20 MHz sub-channel of a bandwidth. The device may determine, based on the resource unit and the bandwidth, tones associated with a HE short training field (HE-STF) of a HE TB NDP feedback PPDU. The device may send the HE TB NDP feedback PPDU to the second device in the 20 MHz sub-channel, wherein the HE TB NDP feedback PPDU includes the tones.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Xiaogang Chen, Shlomi Vituri, Assaf Gurevitz, Qinghua Li, Feng Jiang
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Patent number: 11716715Abstract: This specification provides a method of performing a bandwidth part (BWP) operation in a wireless communication system. Specifically, The method performed by a terminal includes receiving a first message including information related to at least one initial BWP configuration from a network, receiving a second message including configuration information for an additional BWP from the network, receiving downlink control information (DCI) related to BWP switching for at least one configured BWP from the network, and transmitting and receiving signals to and from the network in an activated BWP based on the received DCI.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Huayue Song, Yunjung Yi
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Patent number: 11716716Abstract: In embodiments of systems and methods for protecting wireless communications a base station and the wireless device, a base station receive from a wireless device channel feedback from a wireless device regarding a communication beam between the base station and the wireless device, generate a barrage signal precoder based on the received channel feedback regarding the communication beam, and transmit a barrage signal using the barrage signal precoder on a second beam that is different from the communication beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Guy Wolf, Assaf Touboul, Ory Eger, Sharon Levy, Noam Zach
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Patent number: 11716717Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or base station. In one aspect, the apparatus may receive a channel state information (CSI) report configuration via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the CSI report configuration including at least one of a channel measurement resource (CMR) resource setting, an interference measurement resource (IMR) resource setting, or a report quantity parameter. The apparatus may also determine a downlink receive beam of one or more downlink receive beams based on the CSI report configuration. The apparatus may also communicate with a base station via the downlink receive beam based on the determined downlink receive beam. Additionally, the apparatus may calculate a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) quantity associated with a plurality of downlink transmit beams. The apparatus may also decode the CSI report configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kiran Venugopal, Wooseok Nam, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 11716718Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors, wherein the processor(s) is/are configured to acquire the type of information to be transmitted via device-to-device communication, wherein the type is one of a plurality of types at least including a first type and a second type; and the processor(s) is/are also configured to determine a resource use manner and a power control manner which are used for transmitting information at least according to the type of the information.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yanzhao Hou, Qimei Cui, Shiwei Cao, Hui Liang, Qinyan Jiang, Shiyu Zhang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
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Patent number: 11716719Abstract: Method and a UE for managing an IDC issue. The UE includes a memory, a processor, coupled to the memory and communication module based on LTE RAT, configured to transmit capability information on a licensed carrier associated with a primary cell, wherein the UE supports a LAA operation. Further, the processor, coupled to the communication module based on LTE RAT, is configured to receive an IDC indication from the primary cell served by an eNB. Further, the processor, coupled to the communication module based on LTE RAT, configured to detect the IDC issue in an unlicensed band associated with a secondary cell. Further, the processor, coupled to the communication module based on LTE RAT, configured to transmit an IDC message comprising assistance information to the primary cell and receive a message to resolve the IDC issue based on the assistance information from the primary cell served by the eNB.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Jaehyuk Jang, Sharma Neha
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Patent number: 11716720Abstract: Aspects relate to semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) designs for relay communication in sidelink networks. A scheduling entity, such as a base station and/or sidelink device, may configure an SPS configuration for relaying a packet from a source device to a destination device (e.g., the base station or destination sidelink device) via at least one relay device in a relay sidelink tunnel. SPS information associated with the SPS configuration may be provided to the source device and relay device(s). The SPS information may include, for example, periodic transmit occasions for the source device and the relay device(s). The periodic transmit occasions may include periodic uplink occasions and/or periodic sidelink occasions for groupcast and/or unicast relay transmission. Periodic feedback occasions may further be configured for providing feedback information (e.g., an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Yi Huang
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Patent number: 11716721Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive signaling that indicates whether feedback for each of one or more downlink messages scheduled to be received at the UE is to be single-bit feedback or multi-bit feedback. The UE may monitor for the one or more downlink messages. The UE may generate, based at least in part on the monitoring for the one or more downlink messages, a codebook for reporting the feedback pertaining to each downlink message, the codebook supporting inclusion of both single-bit feedback and multi-bit feedback based at least in part on the signaling. The UE may transmit a feedback message that is based at least in part on the codebook.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yi Huang, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
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Patent number: 11716722Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user device, a base station, a method for data transmission/reception by a user device, and a method for data reception/transmission by a base station. The user device comprises circuitry which, in operation, receives a parameter defining a rule for assigning to ports respective resources for carrying reference signals, generates, based on a mapping known to the user device and the base station, a set of layer-to-port mapping combinations, and receives, from the base station, control information indicating one of the set of layer-to-port mapping combinations which is to be applied for data transmission and/or reception.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Ankit Bhamri, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Lilei Wang
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Patent number: 11716723Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an SSB in an unlicensed band, the SSB including an index related to a CORESET configuration; determining, on the basis of the index, an RB offset used for identifying the position of a CORESET frequency associated with the SSB; and monitoring the CORESET in the unlicensed band on the basis of the RB offset.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyunsoo Ko, Suckchel Yang, Manyoung Jung
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Patent number: 11716724Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating a signaling radio node in a radio access network, the method comprising transmitting control signaling to a user equipment based on configuration information indicating that the user equipment is configured with multiple sets of resources for use in receiving control signaling. Control information carried by the control signaling has a control information structure, wherein the control information structure is dependent on the target set of resources determined for use by the user equipment for receiving the control signaling, the target set of resources being one of the multiple sets of resources for use in receiving control signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Stefan Parkvall