Channel Allocation Patents (Class 455/450)
  • Patent number: 11570754
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of a User Equipment (UE) device executing communications using a Device-to-Device (D2D) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network are provided. The method includes determining D2D devices communicating in an area, determining whether D2D data is to be transmitted, determining one or more resource sets for transmitting the D2D data, and transmitting the D2D data using the determined one or more resource sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Martino M. Freda, Aata El Hamss, Diana Pani, Marian Rudolf, Paul Marinier, Benoit Pelletier
  • Patent number: 11570644
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for Device to Device (D2D) resource pool measurement and reporting. A User Equipment (UE) measures a D2D resource pool, and sends measurement information of the D2D resource pool. The disclosure also discloses another method, Evolved Node B (eNodeB), UE and storage medium for D2D resource pool measurement and reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying Huang, Yin Gao, Lin Chen, Feng Xie, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11570671
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network determines a snapshot value of a serving link signal received quality while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements. Responsive to detecting, while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements, that signal received quality of a serving link has dropped by at least a threshold amount below the snapshot value, the UE performs a neighbor link measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali Nader, Martin Van Der Zee
  • Patent number: 11570787
    Abstract: Disclosed are a data sending method and apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receiving transmission resource configuration information; and the terminal sending data on a resource configured as a transmission resource. By means of the solution of the present invention, the reasonable use of resources can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanan Lin, Cong Shi
  • Patent number: 11564191
    Abstract: A downlink transmission timing determination method performed by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node comprises: receiving a synchronization offset from a parent node; receiving a parameter related to a timing advance (TA) between an uplink transmission timing and a downlink reception timing; and on the basis of the synchronization offset and the parameter, determining a downlink transmission timing, wherein in comparison with the downlink reception timing, the downlink transmission timing has a time difference corresponding to a value calculated on the basis of the synchronization offset and the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Haewook Park, Byounghoon Kim, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyunsoo Ko
  • Patent number: 11563540
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation, receives from a neighboring cell a reference signal mapped to at least one first resource element. No signal is received from a serving cell on the at least one first resource element. The transmitter, in operation, transmits to a base station measurement information obtained based on the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11564173
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide resolution of ambiguity with regard to determination of an open loop power control value (e.g., a P0 value) for a user equipment that is configured with at least two downlink control information formats, of which one is configured with a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field and another is not configured with an SRI field. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Patent number: 11564228
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting a reference signal, a network device, and a terminal device. The method comprises: the network device determines target resources for transmitting the reference signal, the target resource being some of transmission resources which can be used for transmitting the reference signal, and the target resources comprising at least one of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, and space domain resources; the network device transmits the reference signal to the terminal device on the target resources. According to the method for transmitting the reference signal, the network device, and the terminal device of embodiments of the present invention, energy saving of the network device can be realized, and meanwhile, interference between cells is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11564265
    Abstract: A system uses deep packet inspection and a services policy database to select policy control functions based on services associated with a packet data session rather than an access point name or data network name. As a packet data session is initiated, a system management function (SMF) determines a service associated with the session and routes a policy request to one of several policy control functions (PCF or PCRF) depending on the service. Policies specific to the service may be chosen and enforced at the selected PCF/PCRF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Waqar Afzal, Khurram Ahmad Mirza
  • Patent number: 11558139
    Abstract: A spectrum management system includes circuitry that obtains interference information from another spectrum management system, where the interference information indicates interference with communication of a communication system managed by the other spectrum management system. The interference is caused by at least one secondary communication system managed by the spectrum management system. The circuitry also modifies a communication characteristic of the at least one secondary communication system based on the interference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11558161
    Abstract: A method by which a terminal transmits an SRS can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first information indicating symbols to which the SRS is transmitted among a plurality of symbols, when the terminal is configured to perform antenna switching for an SRS transmission on the plurality of symbols; and transmitting the SRS on the indicated symbols, wherein the SRS is transmitted through antenna ports respectively corresponding to the indicated symbols, and the antenna ports respectively corresponding to the indicated symbols can be different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kukheon Choi, Jiwon Kang, Kyuseok Kim, Minki Ahn, Kilborn Lee
  • Patent number: 11558871
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission bandwidth configuration method. The method includes: configuring a first channel bandwidth (CB) of a carrier; and in response to determining that the first CB is greater than a first preset bandwidth, configuring subcarriers in a first TBC according to a preset percentage X of the first TBC in the first CB and the first CB, so as to complete a subcarrier configuration in a transmission bandwidth configuration. The preset percentage X is within a range of [a preset lower limit value, a preset upper limit value], the preset lower limit value is greater than 90% and the preset upper limit value is less than 100%. Also provided is a transmitting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Xin, Wubin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11558908
    Abstract: The invention provides for a wireless communications terminal (502), and related system and method, for wirelessly communicating with a network (504, 506). The terminal (502) is arranged to transmit, as part of a wireless connection establishment procedure for forming a wireless connection between the terminal (502) and the network (504, 506), wireless-connection establishment signalling (510) including a small-data indicator to indicate to the network (504) that transmission of an amount of data below a threshold value is required from the terminal (502) by way of the wireless connection to the network (504, 506).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iskren Ianev, Yannick Lair, Thomas Delsol
  • Patent number: 11558880
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a sidelink scheduling request for groupcast sidelink communications with a set of one or more UEs. The base station may determine one or more UEs of the set of UEs and time-frequency resources for groupcast sidelink communication between the first UE and the one or more UEs. The first UE may receive, from the base station, a groupcast sidelink grant that indicates time-frequency resources for groupcast sidelink communications between the first UE and one or more UEs. The first UE may transmit, via the time-frequency resources indicated by the groupcast sidelink grant, a groupcast sidelink message to the one or more UEs. The one or more UEs may also receive the sidelink grant, and may monitor the time-frequency resources for a groupcast sidelink communication from the first UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Hong Cheng, Juan Montojo, Kapil Gulati, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11558924
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing wireless Enterprise Networks (EN) for greater efficiency by developing inactivity timers for packet streams on bearers, monitoring the packet streams of UEs on the bearers, and if inactivity is found determining whether or not to release or modify a bearer, or maintain the current status of the UE considering factors such as congestion, expected lull time, reconstruction cost, and UE type and location. Accordingly, UEs can be more efficiently allocated the EN's available resources. To learn the timers, packet streams are monitored over a period of time, the packet streams are sorted by service type and bearer (and optionally time), and an inter-burst packet arrival time is determined. Timers are developed that provide inactivity time limits and an expected lull time that predicts the behavior of the packet streams based on service type and bearer, and optionally time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Celona, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Mehmet Yavuz, Preethi Natarajan
  • Patent number: 11553507
    Abstract: A method for multi-channel beaconing in a network comprising for each network node of a plurality of network nodes: determining a link or a pseudo random sequence of links that identifies when and on what channel the network node is scheduled to transmit beacons; receiving the schedule for when and on which channel the network node should listen for beacons from one or more neighbor nodes of the plurality of network nodes; transmitting beacons based the established schedule; and listening for beacons from one or more neighbor nodes based on the schedule received from these neighbor nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Trilliant Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Veillette
  • Patent number: 11552740
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus of transmitting uplink (UL) information and a method and apparatus of receiving UL information. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of transmitting UL information comprises transmitting a reference signal using a first sequence; and transmitting UL control information using a second sequence; wherein a reference signal and the UL control information are staggered-multiplexed in frequency domain. With embodiments of the present disclosure, the uplink information can be transmitted in reduced uplink symbols so as to adapt for a proposed subframe structure with reduced uplink symbols and thus, the transmission latency can be reduced greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukai Gao, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhennian Sun, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 11553415
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a transit speed of a device, resulting in a detected transit speed; responsive to the detected transit speed satisfying a first threshold, including information in a message related to a handover request between a first access point of a network and a second access point of the network, the information being indicative of an amount of time that the device has been in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode; and sending, to the first access point with which the device communicates and is transitioning away from, the message including the information that is indicative of the amount of time that the device has been in the DRX mode. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Vivanco
  • Patent number: 11546920
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for identifying User Equipment (“UEs”) associated with relevant users, such as “personal” UEs associated with first responders, based on the occurrence of an event, notifying the UEs of the event, and modifying radio access network (“RAN”) parameters such that the identified UEs are provided with priority access. Further, such modifications may be temporary (e.g., reverted after the event has occurred). In this manner, personal UEs associated with relevant users may be dynamically provided priority access in situations where such access may be beneficial, without needing to permanently provide the priority access to such UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg L. Veinpel, Michael J. Pepe, Walter S. Schaefer, Joseph James Ahrens, Edward Luna, Irv Hilf
  • Patent number: 11546094
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wireless communication. In one aspect, a multi-transmit-receive point (TRP) approach for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) feedback using counter downlink assignment indicators (DAIs) (cDAIs) and total DAIs (tDAIs) is provided. For example, some techniques and apparatuses described herein may provide a joint counting method in which cDAIs and tDAIs are implemented and tracked jointly between the TRPs of a multi-TRP group. This may be useful in the ideal backhaul scenario when the multi-TRP group is jointly scheduled, and may be more robust against errors than a separate counting method. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein may provide a separate counting method, in which cDAIs and tDAIs are implemented and tracked separately by the respective TRPs of a multi-TRP group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11546195
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a discovery reference signal (DRS) by a base station in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, includes transmitting the DRS in a DRS occasion via the unlicensed band, wherein the DRS includes a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), wherein the DRS is transmitted in a subframe (SF) among SF #1, SF #2, SF #3, SF #4, SF #6, SF #7, SF #8, and SF #9, and wherein the SSS is generated based on a SSS sequence related to a SF number where the DRS occasion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee, Jonghyun Park, Hanjun Park
  • Patent number: 11546922
    Abstract: A method by which a first device (100) performs sidelink transmission is provided. The method can comprise the steps of: determining a priority of a first carrier including a plurality of BWPs; allocating transmission power for the first carrier on the basis of the priority; and performing sidelink transmission through the plurality of BWPs on the basis of the transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Kyuhwan Kwak, Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 11539564
    Abstract: A base station determines multiple different sets of configuration parameters for uplink sounding signal transmissions for a mobile terminal. Each of the multiple different sets of configuration parameters comprises frequency-domain and time-domain parameters. Each of the time-domain parameters indicates a time offset (in number of subframes) of a sounding signal, and a period (in number of subframes) of the sounding signal. The base station transmits information representing the multiple different sets of configuration parameters to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives the information from the base station and generates different sounding signals based on the multiple different sets of configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Erik Dahlman, Ylva Jading, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11540142
    Abstract: Muted 6 GHz stations on the Wi-Fi network within the plurality of stations on a first access point within the plurality of access points are assigned to a first access point from the plurality of access points associated with a list of non-overlapping 6 GHz channels, responsive to an RSSI value between the at least one 6 GHz station and the first access point. To do so, a channel switch announcement is unicast to the at least one muted 6 GHz station. The channel switch announcement is associated with a non-overlapping 6 GHz channel of the first access point. The remaining stations connected to the first access point are deauthenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Subbarao Neeli, Sudheer Nagurla
  • Patent number: 11539466
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling downlink transmissions using orthogonal resources (that is, resources that avoid or at least reduce interference) when a network configures a user equipment (UE) with a multiple slot configuration to repeat the HARQ-ACK information for a transmission. By using orthogonal resources, a downlink transmission can be scheduled in consecutive time slots instead of waiting for the repeated HARQ-ACKs to complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: SaiRamesh Nammi, Arunabha Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11533725
    Abstract: A channel selection method and a transmit end are provided. The method includes: ranking multiple channels, and generating a backoff count value; sequentially decrementing, from an initial timeslot, the backoff count value in each timeslot according to a ranking sequence of the channels and busy/idle states of all the channels until the backoff count value is 0; and selecting, from the multiple channels according to a result of the decrement performed on the backoff count value and a busy/idle state of at least one of the multiple channels, a channel that is used by the transmit end for sending data. The method and the transmit end can improve channel utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanchun Li, Bo Li, Qiao Qu
  • Patent number: 11528619
    Abstract: The preset disclosure provides a measurement gap configuration method and a measurement gap configuration apparatus. The configuration method includes: determining a first configuration that is configured for a user equipment by a second network node; and configuring a measurement gap for the user equipment according to the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11528719
    Abstract: Latency reduction techniques for radio access networks are described. In various embodiments, a reduced transmission time interval (rTTI) may be implemented in order to reduce air interface latency in a radio access network. In some embodiments, an rTTI block may be defined, and some operations may be performed in rTTI block-wise fashion in order to reduce the marginal overhead associated with implementation of the rTTI. In various embodiments in which an rTTI is implemented, DM-RS granularity may be improved by use of techniques that enable data and reference signals to be multiplexed within a same OFDM symbol. In some embodiments, a current transmission time interval (TTI) may be maintained, and latency reduction may be achieved via the use of novel techniques for one or more of code block (CB) segmentation, uplink (UL) resource element (RE) mapping and HARQ cycle timing. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Ibars Casas, Seunghee Han
  • Patent number: 11528760
    Abstract: A wireless device receives (1502) configuration information indicating that the wireless device is to report identifier information for a cell. The configuration information identifies a first frequency. The wireless device acquires (1504) a first part of system information for the cell on the first frequency, using the configuration information. The wireless device determines (1506) that a second part of system information for the cell is not transmitted on the first frequency. The second part of system information for the cell is necessary for determining the identifier information. The wireless device receives (1508) the second part of system information, including the identifier information, on a second frequency and reports (1510) the identifier information for the cell to the wireless communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Icaro L. J. Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11528051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a transmission power for device to device, D2D, transmissions between a first user equipment device and a second user equipment device using transmission resources being used for transmissions to a cellular network entity by a third user equipment device, the method comprising determining a measure of a path loss between the cellular network entity and the first user equipment device, and using the measure of the path loss to determine a maximum transmission power such that the D2D transmissions are received at the cellular network entity with a signal level around or below a noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: IPCOM GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Maik Bienas, Andreas Schmidt, Martin Hans
  • Patent number: 11527813
    Abstract: A communication system in a housing including a first communication device and a second communication device has, in at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device, an antenna structure installed at a position between a device arrangement surface and a specific surface. The housing has an inside member arranged substantially in parallel with a battery arrangement surface at a position at least one of above and below the antenna structure. The inside member has, formed thereon, at least one opening that opens in a vertical direction. The at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device serving as a specific communication device include an antenna having directivity set in a predetermined direction range including at least a direction in which the opening of the inside member is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Matsumoto, Jungaun Lee, Youichi Hayase
  • Patent number: 11523346
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for power control using uplink coordinated multi-point transmission in a wireless communications system are provided. Using a first node, at least one second node configured to provide an uplink support to user equipment communicating with the first node is detected. The first node receives a confirmation from the second node indicating availability of uplink support by the second node to the user equipment. Based on the received confirmation, communicating with the user equipment on an uplink using the second node is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Altiostar Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Rajagopal, Raghunath Hariharan, Ran Yaniv
  • Patent number: 11522639
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting or receiving data, by a user equipment (UE), to or from a base station (BS). The method includes transmitting, by the UE, capability information of the UE to the BS, wherein the capability information includes information related to artificial intelligence (AI) calculation for the data transmission or reception, receiving, by the UE, at least one of a plurality of AI parameters from the BS, and applying the at least one AI parameter to an encoding process for the data transmission or a decoding process for the data reception, wherein the encoding process or the decoding process is performed by information on a network structure in the at least one AI parameter, and wherein the at least one AI parameter comprises a plurality of information for performing the encoding process or the decoding process by the network structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunam Kim, Ilhwan Kim, Jongku Lee, Ikjoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11515988
    Abstract: A method and device for determining the initial positions of a downlink data channel are provided. The method includes: a base station transmits to a terminal a generated indication signaling, and the terminal determines, on the basis of the received indication signaling, the time domain initial positions of the downlink data channel in L downlink TTIs. With the method, when the downlink control channel only appears in a part of the positions in a frequency domain or does not appear at all, and when the downlink control channel does not occupy the complete downlink control area in the time domain or the resources occupied by the downlink control channel in the time domain are variable, the base station can still accurately notify the terminal the time domain initial positions of the downlink data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Ekpenyong Tony, Xueming Pan, Fang-Chen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11516824
    Abstract: Dynamic User Equipment (UE) beam switching for millimeter wave (mmWave) measurements in asynchronous networks is discussed in which a UE configured with a plurality of UE beams receives timing information of detected cells in an asynchronous network, and calculates, based on the timing information, a maximum offset for the detected cells indicating a timing difference between a pair of cells of the detected cells that is larger than a timing difference between any other pair of the detected cells. A UE beam switch from a UE beam to another UE beam of the plurality of beams is scheduled based on the maximum offset, which includes using the maximum offset to determine how often the UE beam switch can be performed. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ting Kong, Chun-Hao Hsu, Yongle Wu, Yong Li, Jun Zhu, Raghu Narayan Challa
  • Patent number: 11516707
    Abstract: A cell site configured to perform group user equipment (UE) handoffs. The cell site comprises an application stored in a non-transitory memory that when executed by a processor of the cell site determines that a first UE is to be handed-off, determines that the first UE is a member of a UE group, wherein the UE group comprises the first UE and at least one other different UE, determines radio resources consumed by the UE group, identifies a second cell site that has sufficient idle radio resources to provide the radio resources consumed by the UE group, and sends a handoff message via the radio transceiver to the second cell site, wherein the handoff message identifies each of the UEs that are members of the UE group, whereby the plurality of UEs that are members of the UE group are handed-off as a group to the second cell site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP
    Inventors: Zheng Cai, Zheng Fang, David Zhijun Sun, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11516774
    Abstract: Provided are wireless communication methods for D2D communication and UEs therefor. A wireless communication method involves transmitting either a first DCI or a second DCI based on whether a first UE and a second UE are to be in a communication type of groupcast or unicast. In the wireless communication methods, the first DCI and the second DCI are scrambled by the UE ID of the second UE if the first UE and the second UE are in the communication type of unicast upon transmitting the first DCI and the second DCI, and the first DCI and the second DCI are scrambled by the group ID if the first UE and the second UE are in the communication type of groupcast upon transmitting the first DCI and the second DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Masayuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11510161
    Abstract: A method for connecting a wireless communication station (STA) with a selected one of a plurality of access points (APs) are described. At least some of the APs are initially substantially unsynchronized in time. The method includes transmitting, by the STA, a beacon request signal via an uplink channel, performing, by the APs and in response to the beacon request signal, a synchronization procedure, the synchronization procedure comprising transmitting, by each of the APs, a respective beacon signal via at least one downlink channel, such that the beacon signals from the plurality of APs are substantially synchronized in time, receiving, by the STA, the beacon signals from the plurality of APs, selecting, by the STA, one of the plurality of APs in dependence on at least one property of the beacon signals, and associating the STA with the selected one of plurality of APs. Related systems and devices are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: pureLiFi Limited
    Inventors: Mir Mohammadhossein Ghoraishi, Stephan Berner
  • Patent number: 11509515
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide designs for transmitting and detecting bursts of synchronization signal (SS) blocks. For example, a method for wireless communications by a base station (BS) may include determining a position of a first synchronization signal (SS) block, within a burst of SS blocks and transmitting the burst of SS blocks, in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tao Luo, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11510207
    Abstract: A device may determine a set of parameters related to a transmission of a packet. For example, a device may determine a transmission range indication for the packet, a Quality-of-Service (QoS) of the packet, or a combination thereof. The device may then determine a resource exclusion parameter related to the transmission of the packet based in part on the set of parameters. Following the determination, the device may transmit, to one or more other devices in a wireless communications system, control signaling including the resource exclusion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tien Viet Nguyen, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati, Arjun Bharadwaj, Shuanshuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11503492
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication based on sidelink accumulates a value, e.g., a token value, based on an accumulation rate of a transmit beam. When the apparatus has a packet for transmission over sidelink, the apparatus determines whether to transmit the packet over the sidelink based on a current accumulation of the value. The accumulation may be based on any of a CBR, a CR, and/or a feedback rate. A base station may measure interference on an access link of the base station and transmit a side link parameter that controls accumulation of a value at a transmitting device for the transmission of sidelink communication based on the measured interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Kapil Gulati, Junyi Li, Tianyang Bai, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Vasanthan Raghavan
  • Patent number: 11502875
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring a channel between terminals in a wireless communication system, and a device for the method. Particularly, a method for a first terminal to measure a channel in a wireless communication system may comprise: a step of transmitting, to a base station, a first message requesting sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information associated with a second terminal; a step of receiving, from the base station, a second message including at least one of the SRS configuration information associated with the second terminal and identification information of the second terminal; a step of receiving at least one SRS from the second terminal, by using an SRS configuration associated with the second terminal identified based on the received second message; and a step of measuring a channel with the second terminal by using the received at least one SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Youngtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Ilmu Byun
  • Patent number: 11503574
    Abstract: An information interaction method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: transmitting a target message to a first network node, and recording first information associated with the first network node; if a response message from the first network node to the target message is not received within a preset time period, storing the first information and second information associated with the terminal; transmitting the first information and/or the second information to a second network node, wherein the second network node is a network node successfully accessed by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Boubacar Kimba Dit Adamou, Xiaodong Yang
  • Patent number: 11497048
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards operating a user equipment node as a scheduler user equipment (e.g., which can be a local manager of other nodes in a group). The scheduler user equipment receives a scheduling request for the scheduling of the resources for transmission of data by a transmitter user equipment, and based on the traffic type requested, schedules the transmitter user equipment and receiver user equipment(s) with scheduling data/allocated radio resources. The transmitter user equipment can directly transmit to the receiver user equipment(s) on the allocated radio resources, e.g., without further involvement of the scheduler user equipment/local manager. For cellular data, the scheduler user equipment can schedule the transmitter user equipment to transmit to the scheduler user equipment as a receiver node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh, Andrew Thornburg, Thomas Novlan, Ralf Bendlin, Milap Majmundar
  • Patent number: 11490448
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for radio bearer configuration to support User Equipment-to-Network (UE-to-Network) relaying from the perspective of a relay UE. In one embodiment, the relay UE establishes a PC5-Radio Resource Control (PC5-RRC) connection with a remote UE. The relay UE also transmits a RRC message to a network node to request a radio bearer configuration to support UE-to-Network relaying. Furthermore, the relay UE receives a RRC Reconfiguration message from the network node, wherein the RRC Reconfiguration message includes a Uu configuration for a Uu Radio Link Control (RLC) bearer associated with a signalling radio bearer (SRB). In addition, the relay UE receives a RRC Reconfiguration Complete message from the remote UE. The relay UE also transmits the RRC Reconfiguration Complete message on the Uu RLC bearer to the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 11490300
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cell reselection method and device, and a storage medium, which belong to the field of communication technology. The method includes: determining at least two frequency priority rankings carried in a received system message; selecting a target frequency priority ranking from the at least two frequency priority rankings; and carrying out cell reselection according to the target frequency priority ranking. Since the at least two frequency priority rankings are set for different terminal speeds, by means of the cell reselection methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal can select, according to its own situation, a suitable frequency priority ranking to carry out cell reselection. Thus, the flexibility in carrying out cell reselection by the terminal is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11490247
    Abstract: The system allows real time collection and processing of massive data from many network elements. It has an elastic architecture that scales horizontally to support different network sizes. The system in a uniform data format for downstream consumption. It employs a pub/sub data distribution mechanism that supports multiple concurrent downstream subscribers efficiently in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Letian Chen, Baofeng Jiang, Christopher Du, Yew-Aik Lim
  • Patent number: 11483325
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a forensic scoping application analyzes host instances in order to detect anomalies. The forensic scoping application acquires a snapshot for each host instance included in an instance group. Each snapshot represents a current operational state of the associated host instance. Subsequently, the forensic scoping application performs clustering operation(s) based on the snapshots to generate a set of clusters. The forensic scoping application determines that a first cluster in the set of clusters is associated with fewer host instances than at least a second cluster in the set of clusters. Based on the first cluster, the forensic scoping application determines that a first host instance included in the instance group is operating in an anomalous fashion. Advantageously, efficiently determining host instances that are operating in an anomalous fashion during a security attack can reduce the amount of damage caused by the security attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Forest Monsen, Kevin Glisson
  • Patent number: 11483700
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of signaling device capabilities for use in a wireless device comprises compiling frequency band combinations supported by the wireless device. The method further comprises compiling a set of device capabilities supported by the wireless device and assembling a capability message. The capability message includes: the frequency band combinations; combinations of the device capabilities supported by the wireless device; and for each of the one or more frequency band combinations, the capability message includes a first indication of one or more device capabilities supported by the frequency band combination. The first indication of the device capabilities supported by the frequency band combination comprises, for each band of the plurality of frequency bands, an indication of one of the one or more combinations of the device capabilities supported by the band when used in combination with the other bands in the frequency band combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Henning Wiemann, Håkan Palm, Stefan Wager, Tao Cui
  • Patent number: 11483846
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a method by which a terminal determines a communication technique in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the communication technique determining method comprises the steps of: transmitting/receiving a signal through a first channel by using a first communication technique; confirming whether a second communication technique using a second channel is used in a monitoring gap; and transmitting/receiving a signal through the second channel by using the first communication technique, if it is confirmed that the second communication technique using the second channel is not used, wherein the use of the first communication technique through the second channel is prohibited in the monitoring gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hanbyul Seo, Byounghoon Kim, Seungmin Lee