Power value report for integrated access and backhaul
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262331
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for power headroom reporting in integrated access and backhaul nodes.
Beamforming failure detection and recovery in high mmwave systems
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262414
Beam determination refers to a set of procedures for an access node (AN) and a user equipment (UE) to select from among downlink communication beams and/or uplink communication beams for downlink and/or uplink communications, respectively. Often times, the downlink communication beams can include one or more downlink control channels, for example, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and/or a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), to provide downlink reference signals, such as…
Enhanced physical uplink shared channel transmission in wireless communications
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262406
Uplink transmissions of a mobile device (UE) may be improved in a number of ways. Uplink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling, including both Type-A and Type B PUSCH repetitions, may be implemented with variable TTI bundle sizing. The TTI bundle size may be determined by a base station and communicated to the UE explicitly, or may be determined by the UE implicitly, based on an indicated repetition number and frequency hopping number. The UE may also report frequency hopping (FH)…
Latency reduction for beam failure recovery
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262399
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for latency reduction for beam failure recovery (BFR), with respect to transmit-receive point (TRP)-specific BFR.
Sidelink control information processing
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262395
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) capable wireless device configured to perform sidelink cellular communications. The wireless device performs sidelink communications using a two-stage sidelink control information (SCI) protocol including Stage 1 SCI messaging carried on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and Stage 2 SCI messaging carried on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). The SCI messaging may be…
Enhancement on scheduling and HARQ-ACK feedback for URLLC, multiplexing scheme for control/data channel and DM-RS for NR, and activation mechanism, scheduling aspects, and synchronization signal (SS) blocks for new radio (NR) system with multiple bandwidth parts (BWPS)
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262392
An apparatus, method, system and machine-readable medium. The apparatus may be an apparatus of a New Radio (NR) gNodeB or of a NR User Equipment (UE), and may include a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry for the apparatus of the gNodeB is to: configure a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) associated with respective numerologies; determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI), the DCI including information on…
Dual-mode sidelink operation
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262352
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a C-V2X capable wireless device configured to operate according to a first sidelink mode where communication resources are allocated by a network and a second sidelink mode where communication resources are autonomously allocated by the wireless device. The wireless device detects a change in a coverage scenario associated with the first sidelink mode; performs resource sensing for the second sidelink mode; and…
UE-preferred network slice management
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262341
A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit a registration request to a first base station of a cellular wireless network, wherein the first base station operates on a first frequency band, the registration request including a first indication of one or more preferred network slices and receive a registration response from the first base station, the registration response including (i) a second indication of whether the one or more preferred network slices are accessible on the first…
Synchronization signal block reception in wireless communications
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262335
A user equipment (UE) monitors for a synchronization signal block (SSB) to synchronize with a cell of a network. The UE monitors a frequency band during a discovery reference signal (DRS) window for a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a cell of the network, determines an SSB index based on information received from the cell of the network and synchronizes with the cell based on the SSB index.
Random access procedures based on physical downlink control channel (PDDCH) orders
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262334
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for random access procedures triggered based on physical downlink control channel (PDDCH) orders. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Slip ring for an electronic device
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261359
An electronic device may include a first set of antennas, a second set of antennas, and a slip ring disposed between the first set of antennas and the second set of antennas. The slip ring may include a waveguide that provides a pathway for signals transmitted between the first set of and the second set of antennas. A diameter and a length of the waveguide may enable efficient transmission of the signals between the sets of antennas by reducing signal attenuation. Additionally, gaps…
Network slice aware cell selection
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262314
The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing network slice aware cell selection at a user equipment (UE). This may include receiving information indicating that a cell of a network supports a network slice. The UE may identify that the UE is located within the coverage area of the cell and determine whether measurement data corresponding to the cell satisfies predetermined criteria. when the measurement data satisfies the criteria, the UE may camp on the cell.
Proximity enhanced location query
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262278
Embodiments described herein enable proximity enhancements for a location query performed for a target wireless device. One embodiment provides for a method to determine a range and direction to a target wireless device using one our more wireless ranging operations when the wireless communication device is within a threshold range of the target wireless device, generate an augmented reality view that includes a target position estimate for the wireless device, and present the augmented…
PDCP and ROHC handling for multi-connectivity handover
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262262
Techniques to configure a user equipment (UE) for a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding a measurement report for transmission to the SBS. The measurement report is triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. Radio resource control (RRC) signaling from the SBS is decoded, the RRC signaling including a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command includes an…
Sender verification for encrypted electronic messaging
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262197
The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for sender verification for encrypted electronic messaging. The discloses systems and methods may facilitate reducing or preventing spam messages between electronic devices. An electronic device may determine, prior to sending an electronic message to another device with a first level of encryption that is higher than a second level of encryption, whether the electronic device is eligible to send the message with the first level of…
Electronic device port
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262161
An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture, a membrane extending across the aperture, and a non-metallic woven support mesh disposed parallel to the flexible membrane and extending across the aperture. In at least one example, the membrane is acoustically transparent and the membrane is air permeable and water impermeable. In addition, the support mesh can be less flexible than the membrane such that the support mesh structurally supports the membrane.
Scheduling restriction and interruption for SRS antenna port switching
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261797
A user equipment (UE) is configured to determine to perform a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission with an antenna port switch operation, wherein the SRS transmission with the antenna port switch operation is performed during an SRS transmission occasion comprising one or more symbols of a slot and apply one or more scheduling restriction rules corresponding to the SRS transmission with the antenna port switch to provide one or more scheduling restrictions for the UE, wherein the…
Wireless power systems with foreign object detection
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261459
A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device uses a wireless power transmitting coil to transmit wireless power signals to the wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device determines whether an external object is present. The external object may be a foreign object such as a coin or paperclip or may be a wireless power receiving device. External objects are…
Accessory devices to improve wireless power transfer efficiency
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261449
An accessory for improving wireless power transfer efficiency in a wireless power transfer system can include a magnetic (e.g., ferrite) core dimensioned and positioned so as to reduce flux coupling from the PTx winding into friendly metal of the PRx and/or to enhance flux coupling from the PTx winding to the PRx winding. The core may define an aperture corresponding to an outer dimension (e.g., outer diameter) of the PRx winding. The core may further have an outer dimension selected to…
Power connector with asymmetric insertion-to-extraction force ratio
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261385
Power connector systems that can have an asymmetric insertion-to-extraction force ratio such that they are easy to mate and can reliably remain connected during use. The power connector systems can have a low-profile for use in thin electronic devices.
