Cross-link interference (CLI) measurement reporting
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245065
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for measuring and/or reporting UE-to-UE crosslink interference (CLI). Techniques of realizing efficient L3 CLI RSSI and SRS-RSRP reporting and triggering mechanisms are disclosed. The disclosed apparatuses and methods can configure a measurement object to include a cross-link sounding reference signal (SRS) resource or a cross-link received signal strength indicator (RSSI) resource. A level of cross-link interference (CLI) between a first user…
Downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) scheduling for transmission above 52.6 GHz
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245209
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink and uplink scheduling in communication above 52.6 GHz. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station. The base station includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (UE) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor determines that the communication between the base station and the UE is in a…
Location based sidelink (SL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback transmission
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245202
A process for performing a sidelink (SL) communication includes determining a configuration, for a communication zone of a set of communication zones, the configuration being indicative of at least one a resource configuration or at least one signaling configuration for a communication of data. The process includes generating SL control information (SCI) that indicates a transmitter (TX) location based on the configuration of the communication zone of the set of communication zones. The…
Downlink control monitoring operations in wireless communication
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245191
Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for downlink control information between an electronic device (for example, a UE) and a network for cell detection and measurement. For example, some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor monitors one or more paging occasions within a discontinuous repetition cycle (DRX) and can make a determination…
UE paging in NR unlicensed spectrum
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245190
Systems and methods of increasing paging opportunities when the unlicensed band is used are described. The gNB sends an RRC message that indicates multiple monitoring occasions in a paging occasion of a paging frame. The UE monitors a monitoring occasion of a PO to determine whether a PDCCH with a P-RNTI has been received in an unlicensed band. If such a PDCCH is received, the UE decodes PDSCH information in the PDCCH to determine whether the P-RNTI is a P-RNTI of the UE. If so, the UE…
Methods and systems for downlink transmission and interlace uplink transmission
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245177
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink transmission and interlace uplink transmission. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (UE) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor divides a plurality of candidate Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) positions in a time window into a…
Integrated access and backhaul signaling and selection
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245142
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for integrated access and backhaul donor indications in wireless networks. In some embodiments, a radio access network node may generate system information to transmit these indications to user equipments in wireless cells.
Network slicing with radio access network (RAN) sharing
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245140
An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with…
Apparatus and method for support of location management functionality in a radio access network
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245139
The present disclosure relates to selecting a Local Management Function (LMF) in a wireless communication network, a next generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) acquires a capability from a user equipment (UE), the capability indicating whether the UE is capable of supporting LMF in Radio Access Network (RAN). An access and mobility management function (AMF) is then notified whether the UE is capable of supporting LMF in RAN. An LMF selection is then received from the AMF. Then a…
Methods for data transmission in relay node
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245127
Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs for data transmission in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. In one aspect, a method includes generating a routing table for the IAB network; determining to forward a data packet from a source IAB node to a destination IAB node; and forwarding, based on the generated routing table, the data packet from the source IAB node to the destination IAB node.
Split input amplifier for protection from DC offset
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244329
Embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and techniques to reduce a direct current (DC) voltage offset between a transmitter and receiver. Embodiments include a shared reference voltage signal generated by a reference voltage source. The receiver may include a first unit gain buffer to receive a reference voltage signal from the reference voltage source. The transmitter may be communicatively coupled to the receiver via one or more connections and may include a second unit gain…
Canopy coverage determination for improved wireless connectivity
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12245050
The embodiments disclosed herein include capturing images via cameras or light sensors of a mobile communication device, processing the image to determine obstructed (e.g., by foliage) portions and unobstructed (e.g., open sky) portions of the images, and generating a grid indicating the obstructed and unobstructed portions. The device may then adjust operating characteristics, such as synchronizing with a communication hub or other mobile communication device, performing a handover with…
Acoustic vent and protective membrane
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244990
An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure that defines an enclosed space surrounding a microphone and an acoustic opening to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; an acoustic pathway having a first end that opens to the acoustic opening and a second end that opens to the microphone; and a protective membrane positioned between the second end of the acoustic channel and the microphone.
Companion device authentication
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244604
The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for companion device authentication. A user of a first device may not have access to a service that can be provided by the first device. The service may be a streaming service, a cloud-based service, or the like. Companion device authentication can allow the user, or another user, to authorize access to the service at the first device, using a companion device to the first device. The first device and the companion device may exchange…
Half duplex frequency division duplex for new radio
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244547
A user equipment (UE) is configured for half-duplex operations with a network. The UE determines that half-duplex (HD) frequency division duplex (FDD) is enabled by a network with which the UE is communicating, wherein a guard period is configured for downlink and uplink switching when the HD FDD is enabled, performs a first uplink transmission at a first time and performs a first downlink reception at a second time, wherein the guard period represents a time duration between the first…
Full-duplex electrical balanced duplexer
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244546
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to improving an available bandwidth for a transceiver of an electronic device and to reducing a footprint of an associated integrated circuit of the electronic device. To do so, an isolation circuit is disposed between a transmit circuit and a receive circuit. The isolation circuit has first and second signal paths. A first portion of the signal propagates along the first signal path and a second portion of the signal propagates along the second signal…
Cross-division duplex signaling
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244544
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for signaling cross-division duplex configurations. One of the methods includes identifying, by a first device and for a first link with a second device, a switch in a first bandwidth part to a second bandwidth part for the first link, the first link associated with a second link having a third bandwidth part; determining, by the first device, whether a bandwidth band between the second…
Aperiodic sounding reference signal transmission
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244540
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the collision of the triggered SRS resource sets (such as, the SRS resource set being triggered too early or the triggered SRS resource sets being overlapped in time and/or frequency domain) may be well handled, and the configuring and updating procedures for SRS resource may be more flexible.
Control channel design for category-A devices
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244413
A user equipment device (UE) may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and additional optimization requirements. The UE may use physical channels and procedures (e.g. it may receive and decode control channels) in a manner compatible with and not infringing on the operation of other UEs operating in the same network, while allowing the network more flexibility to…
Methods and apparatus for port selection codebook enhancement
Granted: March 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12244372
Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of parameter settings of a port selection codebook. The port selection codebook includes a port selection matrix W1, a combinational coefficient matrix W2, and a frequency basis selection matrix Wf. Based at least in part on the parameter settings, the UE selects L CSI-RS ports, Mv frequency basis from a window of N consecutive frequency…
