34th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220271796 | MOBILE DEVICES, MOBILE SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF - A first mobile device including a connection terminal configured to electrically connect to a second mobile device, a variable impedance device connected to the connection terminal, the variable impedance device configured to vary an impedance, processing circuitry configured to determine a power line communication (PLC) mode between the first mobile device and the second mobile device to be one of a low-speed PLC mode or a high-speed PLC mode, and control the impedance of the variable impedance device according to the determined PLC mode, and a PLC modem configured to receive power from the second mobile device or communicate data with the second mobile device based on the determined PLC mode. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271797 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING SENSOR DATA - Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for transmitting data between a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor and a second communication device configured to provide user access to sensor-related information comprises: activating a transceiver of a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor at a first time; and establishing a two-way communication channel with the second communication device; wherein the activating comprises waking the transceiver from a low power sleep mode using a forced wakeup from the second communication device. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271798 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING AN EVENT DETECTOR - In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an NFC unit configured to charge an external device under charge by transferring power to said device under charge through an NFC channel; a detection unit configured to detect predefined events occurring on the NFC channel when said power is being transferred to the device under charge; a processing unit configured to control the transferring of power to the device under charge in dependence on the events detected by the detection unit. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device is conceived. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271799 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY - A method of communicating between a first electronic communication device of a plurality of electronic communication devices and a wireless communication initiating device for reading the first electronic communication device. The method comprises receiving, at the first electronic communication device, a communication signal from the wireless communication initiating device and determining a first characteristic value relating to the communication signal. The method further comprises receiving at least a second characteristic value relating to a communication signal received by at least a second electronic communication device that is connected to the first electronic communication device and initiating communication with a reading device based on the first and second value. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271800 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS - The present disclosure presents an efficient backhaul operation that minimizes data rate requirements of the backhaul. Backhaul information is transmitted from a master AP to one or more slave APs for joint transmission from the one or more slave APs to an STA in coordination with a transmission from the master AP to the STA. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271801 | WIRELESS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - [Problem] To provide a wireless apparatus, a communication system, and a communication method that enable improvement in reliability by preventing disconnection of communication while enabling high-speed and long-distance transmission. [Solution] A wireless apparatus is configured such that: a correlation calculation unit | 2022-08-25 |
20220271802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULAR MIMO - A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about L uplink (UL) reference signals (RSs), M downlink (DL) RSs, and a calibration report, where the L UL RSs are associated with the M DL RSs; transmitting the UL RSs according to the configuration information; measuring the DL RSs; determining, based on the measured DL RSs and a reference DL RS, calibration information; and transmitting the calibration report including the calibration information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271803 | CAPABILITY INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a capability information feedback method and apparatus, and a channel state information feedback method and apparatus. The capability information feedback method comprises: transmitting, by a first communication node, capability information to a second communication node, where the capability information is used for indicating a capability of the first communication node; and receiving, by the first communication node, parameter signaling which is transmitted by the second communication node and corresponds to the capability of the first communication node. Through the method, the first communication node feeds the capability information supported by the first communication node back to the second communication node so that the second communication node can perform scheduling based on the capability of the first communication node, thereby reducing the system overhead and improving the system performance. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271804 | METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR - At least one non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, based on being executed by at least one processor, perform operations including receiving, from a user equipment (UE), UE capability information related to at least one of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources or CSI-RS ports; transmitting, to the UE, CSI-RS configuration information that includes information based on the UE capability information; transmitting, to the UE, a CSI-RS using at least one CSI-RS port based on the CSI-RS configuration information; and receiving, from the UE, a Channel State Information (CSI), wherein the CSI is based on a measurement, for the CSI-RS, performed by the UE, wherein the UE capability information includes information for i) a maximum number of the CSI-RS resources and ii) a maximum number of the CSI-RS ports related to number of the CSI-RS resources configured based on the maximum number of the CSI-RS resources. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271805 | CHANNEL INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD - This application provides a channel information obtaining method and a communications apparatus, to reduce pilot overheads and a delay of obtaining channel information. The method includes: A terminal device receives one or more first reference signals on a d | 2022-08-25 |
20220271806 | Precoding Matrix Determining Method, Device, And System - The present disclosure relates to precoding matrix determining methods, devices, and systems. In one example method, a receive end device obtains channel state information (CSI) of a first channel and information about P antenna port groups of a transmit end device. The receive end device determines V orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode groups based on the CSI of the first channel and first OAM modes, determines a first precoding matrix based on the P antenna port groups of the transmit end device and the V OAM mode groups, and sends, to the transmit end device, first indication information indicating the first precoding matrix. The transmit end device receives the first indication information, and determines the first precoding matrix based on the first indication information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271807 | SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE - A signal generation method is used in a transmission device that transmits a plurality of transmission signals from a plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time, in the case where larger power change is performed on a first transmission signal than on a second transmission signal during generation process of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal are mapped before the power change such that a minimum Euclidian distance between possible signal points for the first signal is longer than a minimum Euclidian distance between possible signal points for the second signal. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271808 | CODEBOOK FEEDBACK METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses a codebook feedback method, a terminal device and a network device. The codebook feedback method, comprising: selecting, by a terminal device, M frequency domain Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) vectors from a DFT array; determining, by the terminal device, a first frequency domain DFT vector indication set from a plurality of frequency domain DFT vector indication sets according to the M frequency domain DFT vectors, wherein an indication of the M frequency domain DFT vectors is equivalent to a first frequency domain DFT vector indication in the first frequency domain DFT vector indication set, and M is a positive integer; and sending, by the terminal device, an indication message to the network device, wherein the indication message is used for indicating the first frequency domain DFT vector indication set. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271809 | METHODS FOR CONVEYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA BEAM PERMUTATIONS - Aspects are provided which allow a transmitting device to provide reference signals to a receiving device for beam management according to an arbitrarily determined sequence of transmission beams at any time, and to implicitly convey information regarding the determined sequence of transmission beams to the receiving device. The transmitting device provides a message to the receiving device indicating a beam sequence conveyance mode. The transmitting device subsequently determines a sequence of different transmission beams, and associates a reference signal with each one of the transmission beams for transmission to the receiving device according to the sequence. The receiving device obtains the plurality of reference signals from the transmitting device, where each of the reference signals is associated with a different transmission beam. The receiving device identifies a reception beam for each of the transmission beams, and determines a sequence of the transmission beams in response to the identification. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271810 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS - To enable fast beam tracking and/or low latency a first communication device comprising a motion information circuitry configured to obtain motion information representing motion of the first communication device, a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a second communication device, and a parametrization circuitry configured to set one or more communication parameters of the communication performed by the communication circuitry based on the motion information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CSI REPORTING - A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration information including codebook parameters (M, α, β), wherein: M is a number of frequency domain basis vectors, α is a number ≤1, and β is a number ≤1; identifying values of M, α, and β; determining a value of K | 2022-08-25 |
20220271812 | TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits channel state information including a first part and a second part, the first part including determination information for determining a size of the second part, and a control section that supposes the size of the second part or the determination information to be a certain value to determine a physical uplink control channel resource to be used in transmission of the channel state information, based on the certain value. This structure enables a base station to appropriately perform reception processing of UCI (for example, UCI including first and second parts of CSI). | 2022-08-25 |
20220271813 | BEAM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR DAMAGED ANTENNA ELEMENTS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may communicate with a second wireless device using a first set of beams including a first beam and a second beam, where the first and second beams are generated via first and second sets of antenna elements, respectively. The first wireless device may compare a first power associated with the first beam and a second power associated with the second beam, and may determine that at least one antenna element from the first set of antenna elements, the second set of antenna elements, or both, is defective based on the comparison. The first wireless device may switch from the first set of beams to a second set of beams based on the at least one antenna element being defective, and communicate with the second wireless device using the second set of beams. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271814 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (CSI-RS) RESOURCES AND PORTS OCCUPATION FOR FINER PRECODING MATRIX INDICATION (PMI) GRANULARITY - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and ports occupation for finer precoding matrix indication (PMI) granularity. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271815 | Reduction of Overhead Associated with Configuration of Transmission Functions Relating to Sounding Reference Signals - A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) to perform sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions using an SRS resource set. The SRS resource set may be configured for two or more functions, e.g., functions such as codebook-based SRS transmission, non-codebook-based SRS transmission, antenna port switching, beam management, etc. By enabling the use of such dual function (or multi-function) SRS resource sets, the average data rate associated with configuration transmissions to the UE may be reduced. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271816 | ARRAY ANTENNA ADAPTIVE DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION WITH BAYESIAN OBSERVATION ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for array antenna adaptive digital pre-distortion with Bayesian observation analysis are provided. One method may include selecting a plurality of patch elements from an array antenna of a network element. The method may also include determining an accuracy confidence value for each patch element. A set of coefficients of the antenna array may be generated. In addition, an ensemble of non-linear forward models may be generated using the accuracy confidence value and the set of coefficients. Further, an array of pre-distortion signals may be generated using the ensemble of non-linear forward models, and each antenna of the array antenna may be configured with a corresponding pre-distortion signal from the array of pre-distortion signals. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271817 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BEAM INFORMATION BY USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION SUPPORTING SAME - Disclosed are: a method for transmitting, by a user equipment, beam information of at least one cell among a plurality of cells configured for the user equipment in a wireless communication system comprising the user equipment and a base station including multiple cells; and a user equipment and a base station supporting same. According to an embodiment applicable to the present disclosure, a user equipment can report, to a base station, whether a beam failure for a specific cell occurs and whether a beam having at least a predetermined level of quality exists on the specific cell, and in response thereto, the base station can more efficiently perform beam management on the basis of the report. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271818 | Non-Line-of-Sight Path Detection for User Equipment Positioning in Wireless Networks - According to an example embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment from a serving base station, a location update request; selecting, by the user equipment, a plurality of base station transmit beams including a beam for the serving base station and a beam for each of one or more non-serving base stations; determining, by the user equipment, a beam direction of each beam of the plurality of base station transmit beams; determining angle information including an angle between beam directions of one or more pairs of beams of the plurality of base station transmit beams; and, sending, by the user equipment to the serving base station in response to the location update request, the angle information, and a beam identifier identifying the selected beam for each of the one or more non-serving base stations. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271819 | SCALABLE PROCESS FOR INDICATING BEAM SELECTION - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In wireless systems supporting multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions, devices may implement beam-forming to improve reliability of communications. A user equipment (UE) may select a set of beams, and corresponding beam indices, for communication based on reference signals received from a base station. The UE may determine values corresponding to each of the beam indices using a scalable set of tables. For example, the UE may select a subset of the tables based on the number of selected beams, and may determine the values based on these tables. In this way, the UE may efficiently store sets of tables for multiple different configurations. The UE may sum the corresponding values to obtain a combination index value, and may transmit the combination index value to the base station. The base station may determine the selected beams based on this combination index value. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271820 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a communication device including a plurality of antenna elements and that performs wireless communication in a high frequency band while suppressing the circuit scale. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OF INTER-CELL BEAM MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatuses for signaling of inter-cell beam management in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving configuration information for a list of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; receiving an indication of activated TCI state code points via a medium access control-control element (MAC CE); and receiving a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an activated TCI state code point. The method further includes determining a TCI state to apply based on the activated TCI state code point; determining an entity of the TCI state and a source reference signal (RS) of the TCI state; updating spatial filters for downlink (DL) channels or uplink (UL) channels based on the source RS and entity; and receiving or transmitting the DL channels or the UL channels of the entity, respectively, based on the updated spatial filters. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271822 | Communication Method and Apparatus - A first terminal apparatus sends K2 first reference signals to a second terminal apparatus in K1 directions. The first terminal apparatus determines that beams in the K1 directions all fail for N1 consecutive times. The first terminal apparatus sends P2 second reference signals to the second terminal apparatus in P1 directions. The first terminal apparatus determines, based on measurement results that are of the P2 second reference signals and that are from the second terminal apparatus, whether P1 beams corresponding to the P1 directions are available. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271823 | BEAM INDICATION PROCESSING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a beam indication processing method, a user equipment and a network device. The beam indication processing method includes: determining beam indication information to be used currently; determining a beam for reception according to the determined beam indication information; and performing receiving according to the determined beam. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION OF TRANSMIT ARRAY - A system and method for selecting antenna panels for communicating with satellites. The receive panels directed towards a location in the sky where the satellite is expected to be. When the signal from the satellite is received by the panels, parameters of the signals are checked against a threshold. All the panels having the parameters above the threshold are grouped together as a receive group. The parameters of the signals at the receive groups are compared to determine the best receive panel, and the transmit panel associate with the receive panel is selected as the transmit panel. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITALLY BEAMFORMED PHASED ARRAY FEED - Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271826 | Systems and Methods for Multiple Signal Reception Using Receiver Diversity - Methods for improving multiple signal reception using receiver diversity in the context of a wideband radar and communications receiver. The method allows for improved signal reception as well as improved angle of arrival estimation. A first approach uses a method that improves angle of arrival estimation while using the standard diversity technique of selection combining A second approach uses a method of equalization of the signal rather than equalization of the channel to both improve the signal SNR over standard selection combining and further improve the angle of arrival estimate over the first approach. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271827 | REPEATER AND INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION METHOD THEREOF - A method of operating a repeater comprises selecting some of adaptive filter coefficients among a plurality of adaptive filter coefficients of an adaptive filter used for interference cancellation, based on the size of a coefficient, generating a predicted interference signal using the selected adaptive filter coefficients and generating an interference-canceled communication signal from a received signal using the generated predicted interference signal. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271828 | ABNORMAL OFFLINE STATE DETERMINING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS - This application discloses an abnormal offline state determining method and a related apparatus. The method includes: An access and mobility management function network element (AMF) obtains location information when an uncrewed aerial vehicle enters or leaves an offline state. If a location indicated by the location information is outside a target offline area, the AMF marks a state of the uncrewed aerial vehicle as an abnormal offline state. The AMF sends a state identifier of the abnormal offline state to an unmanned aircraft system traffic management network element (UTM). Therefore, the location information when the uncrewed aerial vehicle enters or leaves the offline state is used to determine whether the uncrewed aerial vehicle is in the abnormal offline state, so that accuracy of determining the abnormal offline state of the uncrewed aerial vehicle can be improved to some extent | 2022-08-25 |
20220271829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a system for a satellite business proprietor that facilitates acquisition of information regarding a retrieved ground station. An information processing device according to the present technology includes a user interface section that performs a process of presenting a specification page for specifying a search condition with respect to a channel of a downlink and an uplink between a satellite station and a ground station, a process of presenting a search result page that presents a list of ground stations retrieved as a result of a search based on a condition entered on the specification page, the search result page allowing a ground station to be specified and entered, and a process of presenting a communication plan page that displays a communication plan employing one or more ground stations specified on the search result page. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271830 | INTEGRATED MIXED-SIGNAL ASIC WITH ADC, DAC, AND DSP - An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271831 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONSTRAINTS OF A NON-GEOSTATIONARY SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER NON-GEOSTATIONARY SYSTEM - A method for determining operational constraints for a first constellation of non-geostationary satellites transmitting towards a terrestrial station with respect to a second constellation of non-geostationary satellites linked with the station, the constraints comprising a maximum transmission power of the satellites of the first constellation, the method comprising: determining triplets of limit values (θ, ϕ, I/N) of two angles (θ, ϕ) and of an interference-to-noise ratio (I/N), the angles (θ, ϕ) defining a position of a satellite of the first constellation relative to the station and to a satellite of the second constellation and the interference-to-noise ratio being the ratio between interferences (I) transmitted by the first constellation on a link between the station and the satellite of the second constellation and the noise (N) of the link, the determination of the triplets being performed so that a distribution of signal-to-noise and interference ratios (R) aggregated over a time interval is greater than a reference distribution; determining at least the maximum transmission power of at least one satellite of the first constellation from the triplets. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271832 | MONITORING OPERATIONAL STATUS AND DETECTING FAULTS IN A HIGH THROUGHPUT SATELLITE SYSTEM - A system for monitoring operational status and detecting faults in a satellite system is disclosed. The system may include a processor and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to select, from a plurality of terminals, a subset of terminals to perform system operation tests. The processor may select the subset of terminals using at least one of a semi-static pre-qualification technique and a dynamic pre-qualification technique. The processor may also perform system operation tests using the selected subset of terminals. The processor may further report results from the system operation test using the selected subset of terminals. In some examples, the processor may also determine potential system operation issues based on the results of the system operation tests, generate an alarm or notification based on the determination of potential system operation issues, and/or abort testing or delay testing to a future testing cycle. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271833 | OPTICAL TAPPING IN AN INDEXING ARCHITECTURE - An indexing system includes an indexing component; a redundant optical path; and a fiber tap arrangement. Multiple indexing components can be daisy-chained together in the indexing system. The redundant optical path is created between any forward port and any rearward port in the network. Multiple redundant optical paths can be created within the network. One or more tap arrangements can be disposed along each redundant optical path. Accordingly, feed signals in a bidirectional indexing environment can be supplied to each drop line along the redundant optical path from either direction without recabling. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271834 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AN OPTICAL MULTIMODE CHANNEL BANDWIDTH ANALYZER - A test apparatus has at least one optical source, a high-speed photodetector, a microcontroller or processor, and electrical circuitry to power and drive the at least one optical source, photodetector, and microcontroller or processor and for measuring the frequency response of a multimode optical fiber under test. The test apparatus can utilize an optical pulse waveform with a light adapter to measure of the channel under test. It can also uses a correction method to de-embeed a chromatic bandwidth of the source from the encircled flux modal chromatic bandwidth. The correction method can use correction functions obtained for different type of VCSELs to estimate the optical channel bandwidth when used with VCSEL transceivers. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271835 | Use of Waveguides and Lenses to Improve Light Communication Reception in Devices - A detection system for light communications comprises a total internal reflection (TIR) waveguide and a light sensor adjacent to the TIR waveguide. The TIR waveguide comprises a TIR structure, a diffusive element, and a waveguide entrance. The TIR structure is configured to internally propagate light associated with optical signaling along the TIR waveguide. The diffusive element is disposed at an internal edge of the TIR structure opposite the light sensor. The diffusive element is configured to disrupt the propagation of the light such that at least some of the light is directed to the light sensor. The waveguide entrance is offset from the diffusive element along the TIR structure and configured to collect the light into the TIR structure. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271836 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - There is provided a method including receiving an incoming ID at a first wearable heads-up display (WHUD), which incoming ID is associated with a communicant device. The method also includes sending match data from the first WHUD to a match engine. The match data includes a first WHUD ID and the incoming ID. Moreover, the method includes receiving a match indicator at the first WHUD from the match engine. The match indicator is to indicate a match event between the first WHUD and the communicant device based on the match data. Furthermore, the method includes effecting communication between the first WHUD and the communicant device comprising at least one of sending a message from the first WHUD to the communicant device and receiving at the first WHUD a corresponding message from the communicant device. The first WHUD, and a method of operating the match engine are also described. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271837 | FIBER OPTIC NETWORK ARCHITECTURE WITH PARALLEL INDEXED AND NON-INDEXED FIBER PATHS - The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic network including a plurality of fiber distribution components daisy chained together to form a chain of fiber distribution components, the chain of fiber distribution components having a first set of optical fiber paths that are indexed along a length of the chain and a second set of optical fiber paths that are not indexed along a length of the chain. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271838 | MODULAR INTEGRATED OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS AND ARRAYS FORMED THEREWITH - An optical transceiver system for transmitting and receiving optical signals includes a plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers and a control system for controlling components within the plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers. Each one of the plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers is configured for receiving and transmitting optical signals over a range of angles. Additionally, the control system is configured for providing transmit and receive signals to the plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers. Further, the plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers, collectively, allow transmitting and receiving of optical signals over a wider range of angles than the range of angles for each one of the plurality of modular integrated optical transceivers. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271839 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (PON) CHANNEL BONDING PROTOCOL - An Optical Line Terminal (OLT) includes a downstream transceiver coupled to a Passive Optical Network (PON). The downstream transceiver is configured to communicate over a plurality of bonded channels. The OLT also includes an upstream transceiver configured to receive a downstream Service Data Unit (SDU) including user data. A processor is coupled to the upstream transceiver. The processor is configured to split the downstream SDU into a plurality of downstream blocks. The processor distributes the plurality of downstream blocks amongst selected bonded channels based on bonded channel availability for transmission over the PON via the downstream transceiver. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271840 | OPTICAL SIGNAL OUTPUTTING DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed are an optical signal outputting device and method, and a storage medium. The device includes a pump laser, first fiber grating and target fiber grating connected seriatim, the pump laser being configured to emit a first optical signal to the first fiber grating upon receiving a target waveband optical signal transmission instruction, and convert a second waveband optical signal into a target waveband optical signal by resonance upon receiving an optical signal adjusting instruction, then output the same; the first fiber grating being configured to filter the first optical signal to obtain a first waveband optical signal and send it to the target fiber grating; and the target fiber grating being configured to filter the first waveband optical signal to obtain a second waveband optical signal and the target waveband optical signal to use one of them to deliver the optical signal adjusting instruction to the pump laser. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271841 | Novel 8WDM Optical Transceiver at 10nm Wavelength Grid - An optical transceiver may include an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The optical transmitter and receiver may each include a grid including one or more lanes spaced apart. Each lane may correspond to a predetermined optical signal, or wavelength. The optical transmitter may include one or more sets of lasers to output one or more optical signals corresponding to the grid. Each set of laser may output a set of optical signals. Each set of lasers and, therefore, each set of optical signals may have a different passband. For example, the multiplexing and/or demultiplexing architecture may have a wide passband for the first set of optical signals and a narrow passband for the second set of optical signals. The narrow passband may be determined based on the space between two wider passbands. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271842 | LINEARIZED OPTICAL DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG MODULATOR - In a system for converting digital data into a modulated optical signal, an electrically controllable device, including a modulator having one or more actuating electrodes, provides an analog-modulated optical signal that is modulated in response to output data bits of a digital-to-digital mapping. A digital-to-digital conversion provides the mapping of input data words to the output data bits. The mapping enables adjustments to correct for non-linearities and other undesirable characteristics, thereby improving signal quality. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271843 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module of the present disclosure includes an optical element, a first optical component that is optically coupled to the optical element, a second optical component that is optically coupled to the first optical component, a receptacle to which an optical fiber that transmits the incident light to the second optical component is connected, a terminal unit that electrically outputs an output signal of the optical element to the outside, and a package that accommodates the optical element, the first optical component, and the second optical component and is provided with the receptacle on a first surface and the terminal unit on a second surface facing the first surface, wherein the wiring extends from the first surface side to the second surface side and electrically connects the second optical component and the terminal unit. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271844 | Coherent detection with optimised local oscillator - A device for coherent detection of data transported in an optical incoming useful signal. The device includes: a first incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting the incoming useful signal; a second incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting an optical signal of optical frequency substantially equal to that of the incoming useful signal, referred to as an oscillation signal, a signal mixer in which one of the signals from the first or second fibre is separated into two signals having orthogonal polarisations, and where the other one of the signals from the first or second fibre is mixed with the two separate signals, producing a mixed signal; a detector of the transported data present in the mixed signal; and an amplitude modulator configured to modulate the oscillation signal before it enters the mixer, the modulation pattern having repetitive pulses of the same interval as a symbol time of the incoming useful signal. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271845 | OPTICAL WIRELESS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING INFORMATION MEMORIES - An optical wireless apparatus that is implemented for transmitting an optical wireless signal via an optical wireless channel includes: an electronic signal source that is configured to provide a data signal and an optical signal source that is configured to convert the data signal into the optical wireless and to emit the same. The optical wireless apparatus is configured to obtain channel information including information associated with a non-linear channel distortion of the optical wireless signal and to perform adaptation of a modulation of the optical signal source by changing an operating state of the electronic signal source for adapting the non-linear channel distortion and/or to perform adaptation of an operating point of the optical signal source for adapting the non-linear channel distortion. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271846 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING PULSE DIVIDER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system may include a transmitter node, a receiver node, and an optical communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may include a pulse transmitter and a pulse divider downstream therefrom. The receiver node may include a pulse recombiner and a pulse receiver downstream therefrom. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271847 | QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAVING STABILIZED QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A quantum communications system may include transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may be configured to co-propagate a first pulse for a quantum state and a second pulse to stabilize the quantum state through the quantum communications channel. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271848 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes a channel estimation unit configured to estimate an impulse response based on signals of sound waves received by each of a plurality of hydrophones, a long delay removal unit configured to remove a long-delay impulse response from the impulse response to generate a post-removal impulse response, a weighting factor calculation unit configured to calculate a weighting factor based on the post-removal impulse response, and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the signals received by each of the plurality of hydrophones based on the weighting factor. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271849 | SENSING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CLOSED CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA THROUGH THE CONTAINER WALL - A sensing arrangement for sensing a physical parameter inside a closed container transmits data through the container wall to the outside of the container. The sensing arrangement includes an inside circuit inside the container and further includes an outside circuit outside the container. The inside circuit includes a transmitter circuit configured to create a controller output signal that characterizes information to be transmitted, such as sensor information. A first inside piezoelectric transducer of the transmitter circuit creates an acoustic data signal based on the controller output signal and transmits the acoustic data signal through the wall of the container to a first outside piezoelectric transducer of the controller outside circuit. The controller output signal and/or the data signal do not contain sensor information in the amplitude or phase or frequency of the controller output signal and/or the data signal. The controller output signal is preferably pulse width modulated. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271850 | SECURITY / AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL WITH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL - Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising executing a diagnostic tool locally at a control panel; and providing, by the diagnostic tool, via a display of the control panel, information related to a signal strength of a connection between the control panel and at least one device configured to communicate with the control panel over the connection. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271851 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ESTIMATION AND FEEDBACK CONFIGURATION - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for machine learning based channel state information (CSI) estimation and feedback configuration are provided. A method may include learning channel state information feedback from one or more user equipment as time series data. The method may also include building a predictive model for user equipment feedback based on the learned channel state information feedback. The method may further include configuring a channel state information trigger with the one or more user equipment based on the predictive model. In addition, the method may include signaling predicted channel state information to the one or more user equipment. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271852 | MULTIPLE ANTENNA CHANNEL TRACKING UNDER PRACTICAL IMPAIRMENT - Methods and apparatuses for a BS in a communication system. The method comprises: identifying antenna groups; identifying channel coefficients for each of the antenna groups to perform a channel tracking and prediction operation; receiving, from a user equipment (UE), an uplink signal to perform the channel tracking and prediction operation; and performing, based at least in part on the received uplink signal, a channel coefficient tracking operation for the channel coefficients of the antenna groups, respectively, the channel coefficient tracking operation including a channel subspace parameter tracking operation and a subspace coefficient tracking operation. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271853 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOCK DOMAINS ON A DATA NETWORK - A network includes a first plurality of nodes operating in a first clock domain based on a first clock source, a second plurality of nodes operating in a second clock domain based on a second clock source, and synchronization circuitry accessible to both of the clock domains without requiring network traffic between the clock domains. The synchronization circuitry is configured to periodically calculate a drift rate between the time of day in the respective clock domains. Each node in one of the clock domains is configured to, when sending a message to a node in the other of the clock domains, calculate a time of day in the other of the clock domains based on an actual time of day in the one of the clock domains and the drift rate, and to include, in the message to the node in the other clock domain, the calculated time of day. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271854 | REDUNDANT CONTROL SYSTEM - Example implementations described herein are directed to a plurality of control functions connected via a communication network and synchronized, where the control functions communicate packets including control data, the function identifier for the function associated with the control data, and time identifier such as a time identifier representing the synchronized time associated with the control data. Example implementations determine control data associated with the function identifier and the time identifier from one or more packets that has the same function identifier and time identifier, received in the certain time period based on the time specified by the time identifier. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271855 | OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL MODULES WITH ENHANCED FEATURES - Optical and electrical modules with enhanced features and associated apparatus and methods. The optical modules are configured to implement one or more features that are offloaded from Ethernet devices to which the optical modules are configured to be attached. The features include support for timestamping packets and preamble using IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) profiles, support for implementing IEEE 1588 one-step operations, support for implementing IEEE 1588 Ethernet Synchronous Clocks (SyncE) profiles, support for In-Band Network Telemetry (INT), and support for implementing a MACsec security protocol defined by IEEE standard 802.1AD. The enhanced features provided by the optical modules enable Ethernet devices to be upgraded to support the enhanced features by replacing conventional optical modules with the optical modules disclosed herein. Support for White Rabbit IEEE PTP and SyncE profiles is also provided. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271856 | PREAMBLE SEQUENCE FOR A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - Disclosed is a data transmission method in a mobile communication system. The data transmission method through a code sequence in a mobile communication system includes grouping input data streams into a plurality of blocks consisting of at least one bit so as to map each block to a corresponding signature sequence, multiplying a signature sequence stream, to which the plurality of blocks are mapped, by a specific code sequence, and transmitting the signature sequence stream multiplied by the specific code sequence to a receiver. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271857 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wavelength conversion device includes: a first wavelength conversion circuit that wavelength-converts, by passing first multiplex light obtained by multiplexing an optical signal of a first wavelength band from each transmitter through an inside of a wavelength conversion medium by using excitation light, the first multiplex light into second multiplex light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band; and a first generation circuit that generates a first control signal that controls each transmitter to shift a signal wavelength of each optical signal in the first multiplex light before wavelength conversion according to a subsequent part to which the second multiplex light after wavelength conversion in the first wavelength conversion circuit is input, and transmits the first control signal to each transmitter. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271858 | WAVELENGTH SWITCHING AND CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - Provided are wavelength switching and configuration methods and devices for a Passive Optical Network (PON). The switching method includes the following operations. An Optical Network Unit (ONU) responds to a ranging request message sent by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) on a first uplink wavelength supported by the ONU. The ONU receives ranging information sent by the OLT. The ONU uses the received ranging information as ranging information about a second uplink wavelength of the ONU, and performs data transmission on the second uplink wavelength according to a bandwidth allocation from the OLT. A path transmission time difference caused by a wavelength interval between the first uplink wavelength and the second uplink wavelength is less than a corresponding fault tolerance range when the OLT receives data. The ranging information is obtained by the OLT according to a ranging response sent by the ONU on the first uplink wavelength. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271859 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH WITH DIRECT GRATING INTERFACE - Various example embodiments for a wavelength selective switch including a direct grating interface are presented. In at least some example embodiments, a wavelength selective switch may include a light propagating element having a tilted fiber grating integrated therein, thereby providing a direct grating interface to the light propagating element. It is noted that use of such a direct grating interface may obviate the need for use of various components typically utilized within wavelength selective switches (e.g., front-end optics in the port direction, front-end optics and diffractive gratings in the wavelength direction, and so forth), thereby enabling the size of wavelength selective switches to be reduced or even for the wavelength selective switches to be made compact or even ultra-compact. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271860 | MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES WITH NEW NUMEROLOGIES AND REFERENCE SIGNAL PATTERNS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive broadcast information from a base station indicating a numerology or a reference signal (RS) pattern to be used in broadcast or multicast transmissions (e.g., a physical multicast channel (PMCH)). The UE may identify a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the broadcast or multicast transmission and may determine a transport block size (TBS) based on the MCS and at least one of the numerology or the RS pattern. For instance, a UE may determine TBS for numerologies associated with a single symbol that spans multiple subframes differently from that of other numerologies. Additionally or alternatively, a UE may determine TBS for sparse RS patterns differently from that of other RS patterns. The UE may then perform communication with the base station via the broadcast or multicast transmissions in accordance with the TBS. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271861 | OVERHEAD PARAMETER FOR A SINGLE TRANSPORT BLOCK OVER MULTIPLE SLOTS - Aspects presented herein may enable a transmitter or a receiver to determine a size of a TB that spans more than one slot. In one aspect, a transmitter determines a multiple slot overhead parameter size for a TB of a shared channel based on an allocation of multiple slots. The transmitter calculates a number of REs allocated for the TB of the shared channel based on a number of subcarriers in a PRB, a number of scheduled symbols in a slot, a number of REs for DMRS per PRB, the multiple slot overhead parameter size, and a number of allocated PRBs. The transmitter transmits the TB of the shared channel using the calculated number of REs. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271862 | IN-PHASE AND QUADRATURE (I/Q) ENCODING FOR VARIABLE DATA RATES - According to one or more embodiments, a network node for communicating with at least one radio unit is provided. The network node including processing circuitry configured to: determine at least one code frame characteristic of a non-linear grid, map in-phase and quadrature, I/Q, data to non-linear grid having a plurality of regions that correspond to a plurality of code words where a plurality of bit sizes of the plurality of code words is a function of a radial distance from an origin of the non-linear grid, select a subset of the plurality of code words based at least in part on a target data rate for transmission, and cause transmission of the I/Q data based at least in part on the selected subset of the plurality of code words. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271863 | TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set including three or more SRS resources having different numbers of SRS ports; and a control section that determines one SRS resource from the three or more SRS resources based on an SRS Resource Index (SRI) field included in downlink control information and having a same size as a size of an SRI field of 3GPP Release 15 New Radio. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control full power transmission. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271864 | EFFICIENT BROADCAST CHANNEL IN BEAMFORMED SYSTEMS FOR NR - A method for transmitting system information on a PBCH is described herein. A transmission/reception point (TRP) may generate a concatenated master information block (MIB) transport block that includes information bits associated with system bandwidth information, timing information, system frame number (SFN), a beam sweeping configuration, and a control resource set (CORESET). The TRP may then attach at least 16 cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to the concatenated MIB and then prioritize the concatenated MIB and the at least 16 CRC bits based on content. The TRP may then perform channel coding of the prioritized concatenated MIB and the at least 16 CRC bits to produce coded bits using at least one polar encoder with a coding rate that is less than ⅓, perform rate matching via repetition on the coded bits, and then transmit the rate matched, coded bits on the PBCH of a radio frame. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271865 | Communication Method, Network Device, and Terminal - This application provides a communication method and apparatus. A terminal receives from a network device, first indication information indicating N sets of information of feedback time, each of the N sets comprises at least one piece of information of feedback time, each of the at least one piece of information of feedback time indicates a quantity of time units comprised in a feedback time of a data block. The terminal receives downlink control information (DCI) from the network device, wherein the DCI comprises second indication information indicating first information of feedback time of the data block, and the first information of feedback time belongs to a first set of information of feedback time, and the first set is one of the N sets. The terminal sends the response message for the data block to the network device based on the second indication information and the first indication information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271866 | Controlling Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Duplication with Different Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Elements (CES) - Embodiments include methods performed by a user equipment (UE). Such methods include receiving, from a network node in a radio access network (RAN), a first control message identifying which of a plurality of configured radio link control (RLC) entities are to be activated for PDCP duplication. The plurality of configured RLC entities are associated with a radio bearer between the UE and the RAN. Such methods include subsequently receiving, from the network node, a second control message indicating activation or deactivation of PDCP duplication for the configured RLC entities. The second control message has a different format than the first control message. Such methods include activating or deactivating PDCP duplication for the configured RLC entities based on the first control message and the second control message. Other embodiments include complementary methods perform by network nodes, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform such methods. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271867 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a communication apparatus and a method that allow for synthesis of information using an original signal and a retransmission signal for retransmitting information of the original signal whose demodulation has failed, in wireless communication with independent physical layer and MAC layer. Information is transmitted regarding a configuration of a retransmission signal for retransmitting information of an original signal whose demodulation has failed to a sender of the retransmission signal, and the retransmission signal transmitted from the sender is received on the basis of the information regarding the configuration of the retransmission signal transmitted. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ FEEDBACK - A user equipment (UE) and a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback are provided. The method includes: receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration that indicates a specific PUCCH format of a PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH; generating a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); generating a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and transmitting uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second HARQ feedback in a time domain. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESPONSE TIME - A system and method for management of response time to the at least one NB-IoT device. The method comprises receiving, at an MME from a SCEF, at least one mobile terminal data request (TDR). The method thereafter comprises buffering, at the MME, each of the received at least one TDR. Further, the method comprises calculating, by the MME, a requested retransmission time (RRT) for each of the buffered at least one (TDR). The method thereafter comprises transmitting, from the MME to the SCEF, at least one mobile terminal data answer (TDA) corresponding to each of the buffered at least one TDR for management of response time to the at least one NB-IoT device, wherein the at least one TDA comprises of at least the calculated RRT for each of the corresponding buffered at least one TDR. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271870 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, a device and a storage medium. A network device instructs a terminal device to feed back a target HARQ-ACK codebook by carrying one-shot HARQ-ACK request information used to instruct the terminal device to perform uplink feedback in DCI, the terminal device transmits the target HARQ-ACK codebook to the network device through a target uplink channel after a delay requirement is met; or, when the delay requirement is not met, the terminal device does not transmit the target uplink channel, or the terminal device transmits the target uplink channel to the network device, but the target uplink channel does not include a valid target HARQ-ACK codebook. Through the method, processing delays when the DCI schedules a PDSCH and does not schedule a PDSCH can be determined, thus ensuring transmission of the one-shot HARQ-ACK information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271871 | Uplink Signal Control - A base station may cancel or delay (e.g., pre-empt) a transmission from a wireless device by sending a pre-emption indication to the wireless device. Based on receiving the pre-emption indication, the wireless device may cancel the transmission, store an indication associated with the cancelled transmission, and/or store the cancelled transmission in a data buffer. The base station may request transmission of the data unit (e.g., at a later time) by transmitting another indication. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271872 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF HANDLING COLLISIONS - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for handling collisions. A method includes receiving at a first communication equipment first scheduling information; determining whether there is a transmission resource collision of a first TB and a second TB; and storing the first TB or the second TB for transmission if the collision is determined. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271873 | HARQ CODEBOOKS FOR MULTIPLE DL SPS - Systems and methods for constructing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a User Equipment (UE) includes constructing a dynamic HARQ codebook with a first set of HARQ ACK bits being associated with dynamically scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) and a second set of HARQ ACK bits being associated with Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) PDSCHs; and ordering the second set of HARQ ACK bits according to the SPS PDSCH index. In some embodiments, the UE receives, from a network node, a plurality of downlink SPS PDSCHs, each with a SPS configuration index and the UE sends, to the network node, HARQ ACK feedback associated with the SPS PDSCHs. In this way, HARQ ACK feedback is enabled for multiple DL SPS configured for a UE with possibly overlapping time domain resource allocations. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271874 | RESOURCE SCALING FOR URLLC TRANSMISSIONS - There is disclosed a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being triggered for transmission of first control information on a first transmission resource associated to a first transmission quality, the wireless device further being triggered for transmission of second control information on a second transmission resource associated to a second transmission quality. The method includes transmitting control signaling based on multiplexing first control information and second control information on a common transmission resource, the first control information being mapped to the common transmission resource based on at least one first scaling factor, and the second control information being mapped to the common transmission resource based on at least one second scaling factor. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271875 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit ( | 2022-08-25 |
20220271876 | COMBINED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FEEDBACK USING SUBSETS OF POSSIBLE DECODING EVENTS - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor for two or more messages from a base station. The UE may transmit, to the base station, at least one bit (e.g., in first stage uplink control information (UCI)) that is based at least in part on combined acknowledgement feedback associated with the two or more messages and that indicates a subset of possible decoding events associated with the two or more messages. In some aspects, the UE may further transmit at least one additional bit (e.g., in second stage UCI) that is based at least in part on the combined acknowledgement feedback and that indicates a different subset of possible decoding events associated with the two or more messages. Numerous other aspects are described. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271877 | Measuring reception quality of a differential Manchester encoded signal - A receiver includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a signal including symbols carrying bit values in respective symbol intervals, and to convert the received signal into a serial sequence of digital samples, the received signal being modulated using a Differential Manchester Encoding (DME) scheme that (i) represents a first bit value by a first symbol type having a level transition in the corresponding symbol interval and (ii) represents a second bit value by a second symbol type having a constant level in the corresponding symbol interval. The processor is configured to derive an error signal from the digital samples, and to produce a quality measure of the received signal based on the derived error signal. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFIED DESIGN OF PDCCH AND RS BASED PAGING EARLY INDICATION - Methods and apparatus for physical downlink data channel (PDCCH) and reference signal (RS) based paging in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving: a first configuration for a search space set in common search space (CSS), wherein the search space set is for a downlink control information (DCI) format that includes a tracking RS (TRS) availability indication field, wherein the TRS availability indication field in the DCI format provides a bitmap; and a second configuration for a number of TRS resources sets. The method further includes determining a TRS resources set from the number of TRS resources sets associated with a bit from the bitmap, wherein TRS resources from the TRS resources set are present for a time duration based on an associated bit for the TRS resources set in the bitmap; and receiving TRS resources from the number of TRS resources sets that are present. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COHERENT AVERAGING OF REPETITIVE SIGNALS FOR MEASUREMENT - An apparatus and method: access repeated copies of an OFDM output signal produced by a device in response to corresponding repeated copies of an OFDM input signal; for each copy of the OFDM output signal, time align the OFDM output symbols to the OFDM input symbols, and de-rotate a phase of the OFDM output signal with respect to the OFDM input signal; coherently sum and average the copies of the OFDM output signal; determine a variance of each copy of the OFDM output signal, and an ensemble variance of all of the copies of the OFDM output signal; discard copies of the OFDM output signal whose variance differs from the ensemble variance by more than a threshold amount to produce a qualified set of copies; determine a mean value of the qualified set of copies; and determine a total noise power of the qualified set of copies from the mean value. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271880 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR ULTRA-LOW LATENCY AND HIGHLY-RELIABLE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a repetitive transmission method for ultra-low latency and highly-reliable communication in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. A method for transmitting data by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving information on the repetition number of transmission for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) from a base station; receiving, from the base station, information on frequency hopping applied to the the PUSCH repetition configuring the the PUSCH repetition; determining a frequency resource for the PUSCH repetition based on the information on the frequency hopping; and performing the the PUSCH repetition. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL - A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: receiving a resource allocation message indicative of a plurality of resource groups allocated for a signal; and transmitting the signal using a portion of the plurality of resource groups, wherein, in a frequency domain, the portion of the plurality of resource groups presents a hopping pattern comprising at least a first hopping path that is associated with a first plurality of increasing frequency spacings and a second hopping path that is associated with a second plurality of decreasing frequency spacings. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271882 | Spatial Relation Configuration and Indication for Pucch Resources - Methods and apparatuses for configuring and indicating spatial relation for PUCCH resources are disclosed. A method comprises configuring the number of PUCCH resources sharing a same PUCCH-spatialRelationInfo value, wherein the number is one or more; and transmitting a MAC CE to indicate one spatialRelationInfo value for the one or more PUCCH resources. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271883 | DUAL-CONNECTIVITY SINGLE UPLINK SCHEMES - A method and network node for dual connectivity for a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node is provided for use in a dual connectivity mode to communicate with wireless devices (WDs), according to a first radio access technology (RAT), and to communicate with WDs according to a second RAT is provided. The method includes scheduling uplink and downlink signals to be transmitted and received by a first set of WDs such that the first set of WDs are operable to: receive downlink signals and transmit uplink (UL) signals using the first RAT only in even Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) of the first RAT; and transmit uplink signals using the second RAT only in in UL TTIs of the second RAT that do not collide with even TTIs of the first RAT. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271884 | ENHANCED BLIND CONFIGURATION OF A CELL - Disclosed is a method comprising providing a primary cell capable of serving a terminal device; determining a candidate secondary cell group, comprising one or more cells that have coverage area within the coverage are of the primary cell; determining, from the candidate secondary cell group, a cell that, based on information obtained before or during a connection setup signalling, has the highest probability of being successfully configured as a secondary cell for an inter-site carrier aggregation for the terminal device; and configuring the cell as the secondary cell for the inter-site carrier aggregation. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271885 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node firstly receives first information in a first time window, the first information being used to determine a first time interval length; and then receives second information in a second time window; and first operates a target signal in a target time-frequency resource set; a time-domain resource occupied by the target time-frequency resource set belongs to one of the K1 time windows; a time interval length between any two of the K1 time windows which are adjacent in time domain is equal to the first time interval length; when the second time window is one of the K1 time windows, the second information can be used to determine configuration information for the target signal. By streamlining configurations for higher-layer signaling in NTN communications, the present disclosure can reduce the control information payload. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271886 | Dynamic Adaptation of Reference Signal Transmissions in Wireless Communications - Transmission of uplink demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) may be dynamically adapted for mobile devices. Downlink control information (DCI) that schedules uplink transmission(s) of the mobile device may include an information element (IE) corresponding to a DMRS to be transmitted by the UE during the uplink transmission(s). The IE enables the mobile device to determine when to transmit DMRSs during the scheduled uplink transmission(s). The mobile device may identify a corresponding DMRS pattern indicated by the IE, with the DMRS pattern defining how many DMRSs to transmit during the uplink transmission(s), how many DMRSs to transmit in a given time interval (TTI) bundle in the uplink transmission(s), how many DMRSs to transmit in a given repetition of the TTI bundle, and/or where the relative position(s) of the DMRSs are within the given repetition and the given TTI bundle. The DMRS patterns may be configured for the mobile device via higher layer signaling or may be hard-coded. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271887 | Beam Failure Recovery for User Equipment Communicating with Multiple Transmission and Reception Points - A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) and determine one or more beam failures associated with a first or second TRP based on reference signals received from the first and second TRPs. The UE may then transmit a scheduling request requesting resources for indicating the beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRPs. Upon receiving a response to the scheduling request allocating resources, the UE may then transmit, using allocated resources, a beam failure indication of the first one or more beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRP. After receiving a beam failure response from the first or second TRP, the UE may then communicate with the first TRP and the second TRP using one or more new beams based on the beam failure indication and the beam failure response. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271888 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate and the like beyond the 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting same can be provided. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271889 | TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that reduces a resource to which at least one of an uplink channel and a sounding reference signal (SRS) is mapped, in a case that a first resource provided for the uplink channel overlaps a second resource provided for the SRS, and a transmitting section that performs at least one of a transmission of the uplink channel and a transmission of the SRS. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, in a case that a resource provided for an uplink transmission overlaps a resource provided for an SRS, appropriate processing is performed. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271890 | Uplink Beamforming Framework for Advanced 5G Networks - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses suitable for an uplink beamforming framework for advanced radio technologies such as 5G. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises: receiving, from a network node, via a higher layer, a configuration of an Information element (IE) comprising a set of parameters used for the configuration of an UL beam direction or a spatial filter to be used in a UL transmission; wherein the IE contains at least: an ID unique to each IE and an ID of an UL reference signal, RS resource or a DL RS resource; and applying the UL beam direction or spatial filter IE for the transmission of one or more of the PUSCH, PUCCH resource(s) and/or Sounding Reference Signal, SRS resource(s). | 2022-08-25 |
20220271891 | SIGNALING SENDING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND SIGNALING RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are a signaling sending method and device and a signaling receiving method and device. The signaling sending method includes: configuring N sets according to reference-signal-related information satisfying a predetermined channel characteristic requirement, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and an element in the N sets is the reference-signal-related information; generating a first type of signaling, where the first type of signaling carries the N sets; and sending the first type of signaling to a second communication node, where the first type of signaling is used for notifying the second communication node to perform beam indication according to the N sets. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271892 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL - An information transmission method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: transmitting sidelink control information SCI and target control information according to a resource mapping pattern; where the resource mapping pattern is used to indicate transmission resources for a physical sidelink shared channel PSSCH scheduled by the SCI and for the target control information, and the target control information is next-stage SCI or sidelink feedback control information SFCI. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271893 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling; transmits a second signaling; and transmits a first signal in a second time-frequency resource set; the second time-frequency resource set belongs to a target resource sub-pool; the first signaling is used to determine a first identifier, a first priority and a reference time-frequency resource set; a first time-frequency resource set is related to the reference time-frequency resource set; the second signaling is used to indicate a second identifier, a second priority and the second time-frequency resource set; a relationship between a first transmission node identified by the first identifier and a second transmission node identified by the second identifier. The present disclosure offers an effective way of addressing the resource wastes and transmission delay resulting from PSFCH conflicts in the NR V2X system. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271894 | CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROL RESOURCE SET AND COMMON SEARCH SPACE FOR INITIAL ACCESS BY LOW TIER USER EQUIPMENT - Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block that identifies a first control resource set (CORESET) for a first category of UEs and a first common search space (CSS) associated with the first CORESET. The first CORESET and the first CSS may identify one or more overlapping resource grids that overlap in time and frequency with one or more corresponding resource grids of a second CORESET and a second CSS, associated with the second CORESET, for a second category of UEs, and one or more non-overlapping resource grids that include a corresponding one or more time domain resources that are earlier than a time domain resource of the second CORESET and the second CSS. The UE may monitor for a physical downlink control channel candidate included in the first CORESET and the first CSS. | 2022-08-25 |
20220271895 | BIT REDUCTION IN RESOURCE INFORMATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to bit reduction in resource information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of bits to indicate the resource allocation is reduced and the network device generate the control information based on an offset associated with the bit reduction. In this way, multiple transmission opportunities for the transmission of Msg3 of the random access procedure are provided without increasing the signaling overhead. | 2022-08-25 |