QUALCOMM Incorporated patent applications on July 25th, 2024

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Patent Applications by QUALCOMM Incorporated on July 25th, 2024

QUALCOMM Incorporated: 72 patent applications

QUALCOMM Incorporated has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (9), H04B7/06 (5), H04W72/20 (5), H04W28/02 (4), H04W72/044 (4) H04B7/145 (3), H04W76/28 (2), H04W72/1268 (2), H04B7/0695 (2), H04W28/0278 (2)

With keywords such as: wireless, device, data, based, signal, communication, network, transmission, message, and receive in patent application abstracts.



Patent Applications by QUALCOMM Incorporated

20240248132. LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE FOR CHIPLETS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Praveen RAGHURAMAN of Chennai (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Vivek ROOPCHAND of Chennai (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Karthikeyan SOUNDARARAJAN of Chennai (IN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G01R31/28

CPC Code(s): G01R31/2839



Abstract: a method for communicating test information, includes providing a data stream to a circuit block that is implemented on a semiconductor die, demultiplexing data channels from the data stream, multiplexing the data channels to obtain a modified data stream after test information collected from a plurality of sections of the circuit block has been inserted into one or more data channels allocated to at least one section of the circuit block by corresponding embedded distributed test (edt) circuits implemented in the at least one section of the circuit block, and transmitting the modified data stream to another circuit block implemented on the semiconductor die.


20240248136. INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING CONSTANT-0 FLIP FLOPS RECONFIGURED TO PROVIDE OBSERVABLE AND CONTROLLABLE TEST POINTS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Paul POLICKE of Cedar Park TX (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Shwetha SHIVASHANKAR MURTHY of Pflugerville TX (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G01R31/3177

CPC Code(s): G01R31/3177



Abstract: an aspect relates to an integrated circuit (ic), including: a data path; a logic gate including a first input coupled to the data path, and a second input configured to receive a second input configured to receive a test data register (tdr) signal; and a first flip-flop including a data input coupled to an output of the logic gate. another aspect relates to integrated circuit (ic), including: a first logic gate including a first input configured to receive a test data register (tdr) signal; a first flip-flop including a data input (d) coupled to an output of the first logic gate, and a data output (q) coupled to a second input of the first logic gate; a first data path; and a second logic gate including a first input coupled to the data output of the first flip-flop and a second input coupled to the first data path.


20240248195. POSITIONING CO-LOCATED USER EQUIPMENT IN A VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING (V2X) ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Mohit NARULA of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Shuanshuan WU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G01S13/76

CPC Code(s): G01S13/765



Abstract: techniques are provided for determining the position of co-located wireless nodes. an example method for positioning co-located user equipment in a vehicle-to-everything (v2x) environment includes determining a first distance to a first wireless node, sending an indication of a co-located state to a second wireless node based at least in part on the first distance to the first wireless node, receiving a first position estimate based at least in part on radio frequency signal exchanges between the first wireless node and the second wireless node, determine a second distance to the first wireless node, sending an indication of a non-co-located state to the second wireless node based at least in part on the second distance to the first wireless node, and determining a second position estimate based at least in part on radio frequency signal exchanges with the second wireless node.


20240248202. ACOUSTIC-BASED POSITIONING WITH DYNAMIC FREQUENCY PILOT TONE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Kee-Hyun PARK of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Mustafa KESKIN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sungrack YUN of Seongnam (KR) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G01S15/10, G01S7/539, G01S15/62

CPC Code(s): G01S15/104



Abstract: aspects presented herein may enable a wireless device to dynamically change the frequencies of its pilot tones based on the distance of one or more objects detected, thereby enabling the wireless device to utilize the advantages of both high frequency pilot tone and low frequency pilot tone. in one aspect, a wireless device transmits a first pilot tone at a first frequency. the wireless device detects whether there is an object within a specified distance of the wireless device based on a reflected signal of the first pilot tone. the wireless device transmits a second pilot tone at a second frequency based on at least one object being detected within the specified distance, where the second frequency is higher than the first frequency. the wireless device calculates a first distance of the at least one object with respect to the wireless device based the second pilot tone.


20240248216. POSITION UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT DURING A LACK OF BEACON SIGNAL RECEPTION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Mukesh KUMAR of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Chandrasekhar JAYARAM of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Srinivas GANGJI of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Santoshkumar ZALAKE of Bengaluru (IN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G01S19/46, G01S19/40

CPC Code(s): G01S19/46



Abstract: a first user equipment (ue) may receive a first set of beacon signals from a set of global navigation satellite system (gnss) devices. the first ue may restrict growth of a position uncertainty (punc) value associated with the first ue based on a maximum vehicle speed and based on a lack of a reception of a beacon signal from the set of gnss devices within a threshold period of time. the first ue may restrict growth of the punc value further based on a relative velocity profile associated with the first ue. the first ue may receive a message including a second relative velocity profile from a second ue. the first ue may calculate the relative velocity profile based on the second relative velocity profile.


20240248376. SALIENCY BASED CAPTURE OR IMAGE PROCESSING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Micha Galor Gluskin of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ying Noyes of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Wenbin Wang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Lee-Kang Liu of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Balakrishna Mandadi of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Yiqian Wang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Nan Cui of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G03B13/36, G03B3/10, H04N23/55, H04N23/63, H04N23/73

CPC Code(s): G03B13/36



Abstract: a device for image capture comprises a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, during a preview mode or a recording, a first image, generate a first saliency map indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the first image, wherein the relative saliency of the different regions is indicative of a likelihood of attracting viewer gaze, generate one or more additional images based on manipulating pixels in the first image, generate one or more additional saliency maps indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the one or more additional images, and determine, during the preview mode or the recording, a camera setting based on the first saliency map and the one or more additional saliency maps.


20240248543. GESTURE CONTROL OF A DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Roberto RIMINI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Anant GUPTA of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Udara FERNANDO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, H04M1/72403, H04M1/72448, H04M1/72484

CPC Code(s): G06F3/017



Abstract: in some aspects, a device may detect an occurrence of an event associated with the device. the device may transmit a transmission signal responsive to detecting the occurrence of the event. the device may receive a reception signal that is a reflection of the transmission signal from an object. the device may determine, using at least the reception signal, a characteristic of a movement of the object. the device may determine that the characteristic of the movement is indicative of a gesture designated for controlling a function of the device. the device may control the function of the device responsive to determining that the characteristic of the movement is indicative of the gesture. numerous other aspects are described.


20240248847. SYSTEM FOR PREFETCHING DATA INTO A CACHE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ramkumar Srinivasan of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Gerard Williams of Newport Coast CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Varun Palivela of Santa Clara CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F12/0862, G06F12/02, G06F12/123

CPC Code(s): G06F12/0862



Abstract: in one aspect, a delta prefetcher disclosed herein bases its predictions on both past memory accesses and predictively prefetched memory accesses. more specifically, the delta prefetcher disclosed herein bases its prediction on both the difference or “delta” between memory addresses of data previously fetched from memory and the difference or “delta” between addresses of data predictively fetched from memory. the delta prefetcher tracks the delta memory accesses by utilizing two distinctive tables. the fetch table tracks the memory deltas for each memory operation, such as a load or store instruction, that the cpu has executed. the delta table predicts the next memory address to prefetch based on the last prefetched memory accesses.


20240248851. PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING CACHE LINES TO A HIGHER-LEVEL CACHE MEMORY_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ramkumar Srinivasan of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F12/0897, G06F12/0891, G06F12/126

CPC Code(s): G06F12/0897



Abstract: a processor-based system for allocating a higher-level cache line in a higher-level cache memory in response to an eviction request of a lower-level cache line is disclosed. the processor-based system determines whether the cache line is opportunistic, sets an opportunistic indicator to indicate that the lower-level cache line is opportunistic, and communicates the lower-level cache line and the opportunistic indicator. the processor-based system determines, based on the opportunistic indicator of the lower-level cache line, whether a higher-level cache line of a plurality of higher-level cache lines in the higher-level cache memory has less or equal importance than the lower-level cache line. in response, the processor-based system replaces the higher-level cache line in the higher-level cache memory with the lower-level cache line and associates the opportunistic indicator with the lower-level cache line in the higher-level cache memory.


20240248870. INDEPENDENT ADDRESSING OF ONE-WIRE AND TWO-WIRE DEVICES ON A SHARED RFFE BUS INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Umesh SRIKANTIAH of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Lalan Jee MISHRA of Escondido CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Francesco GATTA of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Richard Dominic WIETFELDT of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F13/42

CPC Code(s): G06F13/4291



Abstract: a data communication apparatus coupled to a serial bus has a protocol controller that configures a first plurality of subordinate devices with device identifiers unique within the first plurality of subordinate devices and configures a second plurality of subordinate devices with device identifiers unique within the second plurality of subordinate devices. a sequence start condition transmitted over the serial bus indicates either a first communication mode in which a clock signal is provided to the serial bus or a second communication mode in which no clock signal is provided. a device identifier associated with the first plurality of subordinate devices is used to transmit a first datagram over the serial bus in the first communication mode, and a device identifier associated with the second plurality of subordinate devices is used to transmit a second datagram over the serial bus in the second communication mode.


20240248952. ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION FOR COMPRESSED SENSING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Gianluigi SILVESTRI of Nijmegen (NL) for qualcomm incorporated, Fabio Valerio MASSOLI of Amsterdam (NL) for qualcomm incorporated, Tribhuvanesh OREKONDY of Biel (CH) for qualcomm incorporated, Arash BEHBOODI of Amsterdam (NL) for qualcomm incorporated, Joseph Binamira SORIAGA of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F17/16

CPC Code(s): G06F17/16



Abstract: certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for reinforcement-learning-based compressed sensing. an observed signal tensor comprising a plurality of elements is accessed, and a subset of elements of a sensing matrix is generated based on processing, from among the plurality of elements, a subset of elements of the observed signal tensor using an acquisition neural network. a subset of elements of a reconstructed signal tensor is generated based on processing a second subset of elements of the observed signal tensor and the subset of elements of the sensing matrix using a reconstruction neural network. at least the first subset of elements of the reconstructed signal tensor is output.


20240249000. ENCRYPTION WITH ENHANCED TWEAK GENERATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Gur Prasad SRIVASTAVA of Bengaluru (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Tanya MAHAJAN of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Nicola Thaddee COURTOIS of Mougins (FR) for qualcomm incorporated, Matthew MCGREGOR of Huntington Beach CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F21/60, G06F21/55, G06F21/79

CPC Code(s): G06F21/602



Abstract: data blocks of an input data unit may be received in parallel as a data segment on a data bus. for each received data segment, tweak values corresponding to the data blocks may be generated using a key and an input vector. the data blocks may be encrypted using parallel encryption circuitry blocks, based on a symmetric block cipher that uses another key and one of the tweak values. the encrypted data blocks may be combined into an output data unit.


20240249056. ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER (ECO) SPARE CELL_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Hyeokjin LIM of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ankur MEHROTRA of Greater Noida (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Renukprasad HIREMATH of Hillsboro OR (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Foua VANG of Sacramento CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Manjanaika CHANDRANAIKA of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Akhtar ALAM of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Kamesh MEDISETTI of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Seung Hyuk KANG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Venugopal BOYNAPALLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06F30/392, H01L21/768, H01L23/48, H01L23/498, H01L23/528, H01L27/02

CPC Code(s): G06F30/392



Abstract: a chip includes a spare cell including a first active region, and a first gate extending over the first active region in a first direction. the chip also includes a tie cell including a second active region, a second gate extending over the second active region in the first direction, a first drain contact formed over the second active region, a first source contact formed over the second active region, wherein the second gate is between the first drain contact and the first source contact, and first source contact is coupled to a first rail, and a circuit configured to couple the second gate to a second rail. the chip also includes a metal routing extending in a second direction, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the first metal routing is coupled to the first drain contact and the first gate.


20240249128. EFFICIENT TENSOR REMATERIALIZATION FOR NEURAL NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Burak BARTAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Edward TEAGUE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Christopher LOTT of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06N3/063

CPC Code(s): G06N3/063



Abstract: a processor-implemented method for rematerialization for an artificial neural network (ann) includes receiving a graph representing the ann. the graph includes multiple nodes connected by edges and each node represents an operation. retention intervals for the nodes are determined based on a precedence constraint for the nodes. the retention intervals correspond to a time interval for retaining each node output in a local memory. one of the nodes to recompute is determined based on the retention intervals.


20240249423. PROCESSING IMAGE DATA USING MULTI-POINT DEPTH SENSING SYSTEM INFORMATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Wen-Chun FENG of New Taipei City (TW) for qualcomm incorporated, Mian LI of Shenzhen (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Hui Shan KAO of New Taipei City (TW) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06T7/50, G06T3/40, G06T7/62, G06V10/25, H04N9/73

CPC Code(s): G06T7/50



Abstract: systems and techniques are provided for processing one or more images. for instance, aspects include a process that can include determining a first region of interest corresponding to a first object depicted in an image obtained using at least one camera. the first region of interest is associated with at least one element of a multi-point grid associated with a multi-point depth sensing system. the process can include determining a first extended region of interest for the first object. the first extended region of interest is associated with a plurality of elements including the at least one element and one or more additional elements of the multi-point grid. the process can further include, based on the plurality of elements associated with the first extended region of interest, determining representative depth information representing a first distance between the at least one camera and the first object depicted in the image.


20240249466. GEOMETRY CULLING USING BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY (BVH) FOR RAY TRACING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Alexei Vladimirovich BOURD of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06T15/30, G06T17/00, G06T17/10

CPC Code(s): G06T15/30



Abstract: aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a gpu. the apparatus may obtain an indication of a bvh structure associated with a view frustum, where the bvh structure includes at least one first-level bvh including a plurality of first-level nodes and a plurality of second-level bvhs including a plurality of second-level nodes. the apparatus may also calculate whether the view frustum intersects with each first-level bounding box in the at least one first-level bvh. further, the apparatus may calculate, for each first-level bounding box that the view frustum intersects, whether the view frustum intersects with each first-level child nod that is associated with each first-level bounding box. the apparatus may also output an indication of all of the first-level child nodes that the view frustum intersects for each of the set of first-level bounding boxes that the view frustum intersects.


20240249512. RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Haitam BEN YAHIA of Diemen (NL) for qualcomm incorporated, Amirhossein HABIBIAN of Amsterdam (NL) for qualcomm incorporated, Fatih Murat PORIKLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06V10/82, G06T5/20

CPC Code(s): G06V10/82



Abstract: disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for processing image data. for example, a process can include processing, for a first time step of a recurrent machine learning network, a first image of a plurality of images using a first subset of a group of distributed recurrent parameters to generate a first hidden state output associated with the first image. a process can include providing the first hidden state output as a recurrent state input to a second time step of the recurrent machine learning network. a process can include processing, for the second time step of the recurrent machine learning network, a second image of the plurality of images using the recurrent state input and a second subset of the group of distributed recurrent parameters to generate a second hidden state output associated with the second image.


20240249527. SENSOR DATA MAPPING FOR PERSPECTIVE VIEW AND TOP VIEW SENSORS FOR MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Balaji Shankar Balachandran of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Varun Ravi Kumar of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Senthil Kumar Yogamani of Headford (IE) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06V20/56, G06T3/40, G06T7/60, G06T9/00, G06T17/00, G06V10/70

CPC Code(s): G06V20/56



Abstract: this disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for vehicle driving assistance systems that support image processing. in a first aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors on a vehicle and determining a three-dimensional representation of an area surrounding the vehicle by mapping the sensor data onto a three-dimensional surface. the plurality of sensors may include at least one perspective view sensor and at least one top view sensor, and the three-dimensional surface may include sensor data from the at least one perspective view sensor and sensor data from the at least one top view sensor. the method may further include determining, with a machine learning model, one or more characteristics of the area surrounding the vehicle based on the three-dimensional representation. other aspects and features are also claimed and described.


20240249530. OCCLUSION RESOLVING GATED MECHANISM FOR SENSOR FUSION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Varun RAVI KUMAR of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Senthil Kumar YOGAMANI of Headford (IE) for qualcomm incorporated, Shubhankar Mangesh BORSE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06V20/58, G06V10/80

CPC Code(s): G06V20/58



Abstract: techniques and systems are provided for processing sensor data. for instance a process can include obtaining first sensor data of an environment, wherein the first sensor data includes a representation of a first object occluding a second object, obtaining second sensor data of the environment, wherein the second sensor data includes points associated with the first object and points associated with the second object, generating estimated segment data from the first sensor data, wherein the estimated segment data includes a first segment corresponding to the first object; matching points associated with the first object to the first segment, and deemphasizing points associated with the second object based on matching the points associated with the first object to the first segment.


20240249549. CONFIGURATION OF AN ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT SENSOR RELATIVE TO A DISPLAY OF A DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Jessica Liu STROHMANN of Cupertino CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH of Cupertino CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yipeng LU of Moraga CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Chin-Jen TSENG of Fremont CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV of Los Gatos CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): G06V40/13, G06F1/16

CPC Code(s): G06V40/1306



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. in some aspects, a device may include a flexible display. the device may include an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that is configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal in an acoustic path through the flexible display. the device may include an acoustics configuration layer that is situated between the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. the acoustics configuration layer may be configured to optimize a signal strength of the ultrasonic signal based at least in part on a configuration of one or more layers of the flexible display. numerous other aspects are provided


20240250009. EMBEDDED TRACE SUBSTRATES (ETSs) WITH T-SHAPED INTERCONNECTS WITH REDUCED-WIDTH EMBEDDED METAL TRACES, AND RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) PACKAGES AND FABRICATION METHODS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Seongryul Choi of Seongnam (KR) for qualcomm incorporated, Joan Rey Villarba Buot of Escondido CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Kuiwon Kang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Zhijie Wang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H01L23/498, H01L21/288, H01L21/768, H01L23/00

CPC Code(s): H01L23/49838



Abstract: embedded trace substrates (ets) having an ets metallization layer with t-shaped interconnects with reduced-width embedded metal traces, and related integrated circuit (ic) packages and fabrication methods. the ets includes an outer ets metallization layer that includes t-shaped interconnects for supporting input/output (i/o) connections between the ets and another opposing package substrate. to increase density of i/o interconnections, the pitch of the embedded metal traces in the ets metallization layer is reduced. the t-shaped interconnects also each include an additional metal contact pad that is coupled to a respective embedded metal trace to increase the height of the embedded metal trace to eliminate a vertical connection gap between the ets and an opposing package substrate. in the t-shape interconnects, their embedded metal traces are reduced in width in a horizontal direction(s) as compared to their respective metal contact pads to provide room for additional metal traces for additional signal routing capacity.


20240250526. ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE ROBUSTNESS FOR A SINGLE RAIL TRANSMITTING DRIVER_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Jaseem AHAMMED of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ashwin SETHURAM of San Clemente CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gurmukh SINGH of San Marcos CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H02H9/04

CPC Code(s): H02H9/046



Abstract: an esd protection circuit in an interface circuit has a first diode coupled between a power source of an integrated circuit device and an input/output pad of the integrated circuit device, a second diode coupled between a first terminal of a first resistive element and the input/output pad, with a second terminal of the first resistive element being coupled to the power source, a second resistive element that couples the second diode to the first diode and to the input/output pad; a first clamping circuit coupled between the power source and a ground reference of the integrated circuit device, and a second clamping circuit coupled between the first terminal of the first resistive element and the ground reference. the power source supplies a driver circuit coupled to the input/output pad.


20240250669. HYBRID FLOP TRAY INCLUDING DIFFERENT FIN SIZE FLIP-FLOPS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ramaprasath VILANGUDIPITCHAI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Rui CHEN of Irvine CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Seung Hyuk KANG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Venugopal BOYNAPALLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H03K3/037

CPC Code(s): H03K3/0372



Abstract: a hybrid flop tray, including: a set of flip-flops cascaded along a scan path, wherein a first subset of one or more of the flip-flops of the set includes fin field effect transistors (finfets) each sized with a first number of fins, and a second subset of one or more of the flip-flops of the set includes finfets each sized with a second number of fins, wherein the first number of fins is different than the second number of fins; and a control circuit configured to provide control signals to the set of flip-flops.


20240250688. FAST LOCKING DUAL LOOP CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUITS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Lejie LU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hao LIU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yu SONG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Dong REN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H03L7/187, H03L7/093, H03L7/099

CPC Code(s): H03L7/187



Abstract: a clock recovery circuit includes a frequency tracking loop including a first charge pump, and a phase tracking loop including a second charge pump. a voltage-controlled oscillator responds to the frequency tracking loop in a first operating mode and to the phase tracking loop in a second operating mode. a lock detector outputs an activation signal that indicates whether the clock recovery circuit has acquired frequency lock. a loop filter coupled to an input of the voltage-controlled oscillator includes a switchable resistor and a programmable delay element responsive to the activation signal. the first charge pump is disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has been acquired, and disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has not been acquired. the switchable resistor is bypassed when an output of the programmable delay element is in the first signaling state.


20240250714. ADAPTIVE EXTENDED REALITY TRANSMISSIONS FOR ULTRA-WIDE BAND COMMUNICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Gideon Shlomo KUTZ of Ramat Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Amit BAR-OR TILLINGER of Tel-Aviv (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, David YUNUSOV of Holon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B1/7176, H04L67/131

CPC Code(s): H04B1/7176



Abstract: ultra-wide band frequencies used for extended reality (xr) services operate as unlicensed spectrum, which can result in unexpected interference. although some link adaptation procedures can be used, uncertain link quality can result in sub-optimal utilization of spectrum resources, which may result in poor performance of an xr service. some aspects described herein enable use of a fixed quantity of re-transmissions of data for an xr frame, with each of the re-transmissions having different xr frame qualities or different quantities of parity bits. the xr device may transmit a feedback message indicating whether the first transmission was successful and may receive a second transmission with additional data for the xr frame. in this way, the xr device can ensure a more efficient use of network resources.


20240250724. TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN ANTENNA ARRAYS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Seyong Park of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Pinar Sen of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Renqiu Wang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Peter Gaal of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Naga Bhushan of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar of San Jose CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hwan Joon Kwon of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tingfang Ji of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/0456, H04B7/06

CPC Code(s): H04B7/0456



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a first wireless device may be configured to transmit one or more reference signals to a second wireless device using a first antenna array at the first wireless device and in accordance with a first precoder matrix. the first wireless device may receive, from the second wireless device based on the one or more reference signals, a feedback message indicating an estimated rotational misalignment, an estimated spatial misalignment, or both, between the first antenna array at the first wireless device and a second antenna array at the second wireless device. the first wireless device may then transmit a message to the second wireless device in accordance with a second precoder matrix that is modified relative to the first precoder matrix based at least in part on the estimated rotational misalignment, the estimated spatial misalignment, or both.


20240250736. BEAM MANAGEMENT FEEDBACK COMPRESSION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Igor Gutman of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Hua Wang of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao Luo of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi Li of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04W72/20, H04W72/542

CPC Code(s): H04B7/0695



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a first wireless device may receive, from a second wireless device and over a plurality of different beams, a set of reference signals as part of a beam management procedure. the first wireless device may select one or more bit values for indicating to the second wireless device a corresponding one or more individual beams of the plurality of different beams for communications between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, the one or more bit values selected based on a distribution of probabilities for switching between the plurality of different beams for the communications between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. the first wireless device may transmit control signaling indicating a ranking of the one or more individual beams for the communications between the first wireless device and the second wireless device.


20240250737. AUTONOMOUS UPLINK BEAM SELECTION AND ACTIVATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Kiran Venugopal of Green Brook NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tianyang Bai of Somerville NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi Li of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04W72/20

CPC Code(s): H04B7/0695



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a user equipment (ue) may receive a first message activating a plurality of transmission configuration indicator (tci) states for the ue for uplink communications. the ue may receive a second message that indicates, for uplink communications by the ue, a first tci state of the plurality of tci states and that indicates an activation of an uplink beam selection procedure for autonomous selection of an uplink beam by the ue, and may transmit an uplink message using a second tci state different from the first tci state, the second tci state selected by the ue based on the uplink beam selection procedure. in some examples, the ue transmit a request for the activation of the uplink beam selection procedure by the ue.


20240250739. BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINTS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Fang Yuan of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Yan Zhou of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao Luo of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04W72/21

CPC Code(s): H04B7/06964



Abstract: a user equipment (ue) detects beam failure associated with a transmission/reception point (trp) of a plurality of trps transmitting to the ue. each trp is associated with separate physical uplink control channel (pucch) resources for beam failure recovery (bfr). the ue applies, in response to detecting, a bfr procedure across pucch resources of the trps. in some aspects, the procedure is described by a single set of parameters/variable (s) across the pucch resources. further, each of a plurality of trps transmits to a ue on a beam. a first of the trps receives, from the ue, a scheduling request (sr) in bfr pucch resources. the sr indicates that an uplink grant is requested by the ue to transmit beam failure information for at least one failed beam of the trps. the sr is a result of a single bfr procedure applied by the ue across the pucch resources of the trps.


20240250740. WAKE UP SIGNAL FOR BEAM TRACKING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Igor GUTMAN of Hod HaSharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi LI of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, H04W52/02

CPC Code(s): H04B7/088



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a user equipment (ue) may receive, using at least one wake up receiver associated with the ue, one or more wake up signals for beam tracking (wuts). the ue may measure a quality of each wut, of the one or more wuts. the ue may activate a main receiver associated with the ue to perform a beam recovery procedure based at least in part on a measured quality of at least one wut, of the one or more wuts. numerous other aspects are described.


20240250742. EQUIVALENT OFF STATE FOR A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Narayan Prasad of Westfield NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yavuz Yapici of Florham Park NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao Luo of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi Li of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Peter Gaal of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/145, H04B7/0426

CPC Code(s): H04B7/145



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a controller of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (ris) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of one or more configurable elements of the ris to direct incoming signals in one or more directions for one or more frequency bands. for example, the configurable elements may have an ability to act as transparent to the signal, to direct the signal in an interference safe direction or frequency, and/or to diffuse the signal across multiple directions or frequencies. the controller of the ris may control the one or more configurable elements in accordance with the capability message and an activity status of the ris to direct a signal to at least one direction. in some cases, a network entity may transmit an indication of the at least one direction to the ris controller.


20240250743. ENERGY-EFFICIENT INFORMATION TRANSFER VIA RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE PARTITIONING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yavuz YAPICI of Florham Park NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Narayan PRASAD of Westfield NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi LI of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/145

CPC Code(s): H04B7/145



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a reconfigurable intelligent surface (ris) may receive configuration information indicating a passive beamforming and information transfer (pbit) scheme, the configuration information being based at least in part on at least one of energy consumption of the pbit scheme or an error performance of the pbit scheme. the ris may communicate information available to the ris to the network device based at least in part on the pbit scheme. numerous other aspects are described.


20240250744. PASSIVE BEAMFORMING FOR WI-FI_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Venkatesh Bhat of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Manikandan Chandrasekar of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Raj Kumar Krishna Kumar of Bangalore (IN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B7/145, H04W76/27

CPC Code(s): H04B7/145



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. techniques described herein provide for passive beamforming for wi-fi. a first wireless device communicating in an active session via a first bandwidth with a second wireless device may use a passive beamforming technique to identify a transmission sector of the second wireless device and/or a receive sector for communications on a second bandwidth, while the first wireless device is in an inactive session state for the second bandwidth. the second wireless device may transmit beacons in the second bandwidth via directional transmission sectors while the first wireless device is in the inactive session state for the second bandwidth. the first wireless device may receive the beacons and may select a transmission sector based on the beacons. the first wireless device may indicate the selected transmission sector to the second wireless device. the first wireless device may select a receive sector based on the beacons.


20240250754. FULL DUPLEX OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH MODULATED RETRO REFLECTOR_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yehonatan Dallal of Kfar Saba (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Shay Landis of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Idan Michael Horn of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Amit Bar-Or Tillinger of Tel-Aviv (IL) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04B10/293, H04B10/112

CPC Code(s): H04B10/2939



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. techniques described herein provide for a user equipment (ue) with a modulated retro reflector (mrr) to support full duplex optical wireless communications. to achieve full duplex communication, the ue and a network entity may use compatible modulation schemes for downlink communications and uplink communications. the ue and network entity may negotiate and agree upon compatible the uplink and downlink modulation schemes. the ue may receive a downlink owc transmission using the downlink modulation scheme and transmit an uplink owc transmission via modulating the downlink transmission in accordance with the uplink modulation scheme.


20240250773. MULTIPLE COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION MATCHING BASED ON ARITHMETIC CODING AND GEOMETRY-SPECIFIC PARAMETERS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Wei LIU of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Thomas Joseph RICHARDSON of South Orange NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Liangming WU of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Changlong XU of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Ori SHENTAL of Marlboro NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hao XU of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L1/00, H03M7/40

CPC Code(s): H04L1/0033



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a transmitting node may determine a set of geometry-specific parameters based at least in part on a symbol sequence length n and a target distribution. the transmitting node may determine a sequence of k bits based at least in part on a plurality of information bits and a bit sequence length k. the transmitting node may map, based at least in part on a composition selected from a plurality of compositions, the sequence of k bits to a sequence of n symbols using arithmetic coding based at least in part on the set of geometry-specific parameters. the transmitting node may transmit the sequence of n symbols to a receiving node. numerous other aspects are described.


20240250776. PRODUCT CODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Shay LANDIS of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Peer BERGER of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Jacob PICK of Beit Zayit IL (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L1/00

CPC Code(s): H04L1/0057



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication and to product codes for wireless communications. some aspects more specifically relate to enabling a bose-chaudhuri-hocquenghem (bch) product code for wireless communications. in some aspects, a transmitter and/or a receiver may flexibly select parameters for a bch product code based on or otherwise associated with communication parameters of a wireless communication to be encoded, such as the modulation and coding scheme (mcs) and/or allocation size, among other examples. for example, the transmitter and/or the receiver may select parameters for the bch product code to ensure that the bch product code is designed to handle a quantity of channel bits associated with a current configuration of a channel (for example, of an uplink data channel and/or a downlink data channel) and to increase a correction capability associated with the bch product code for the current configuration of the channel.


20240250780. FEEDBACK SIGNALING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION AND OUTER CODING SCENARIOS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Amira Alloum of Boulogne Billancourt (FR) for qualcomm incorporated, Mickael Mondet of Louannec (FR) for qualcomm incorporated, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ravi Agarwal of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yih-Hao Lin of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sanket Sanjay Kalamkar of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Aziz Gholmieh of Del Mar CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jing Jiang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04L5/00, H04W72/20

CPC Code(s): H04L1/1854



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a ue may receive outer coded downlink signaling via carrier aggregation, and may deactivate retransmission protocols and then selecting at least one of two different feedback modes. a first feedback mode may include a radio link control (rlc) status report mode (e.g., which may be referred to as mode 1, or rlc mode 1). a second feedback mode is a hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) feedback mode (e.g., which may be referred to as mode 2, or harq mode 2. the network may configure the ue with parameters for operating in mode 1, mode 2, or both, or the ue may select a feedback mode autonomously. the ue may refrain from transmitting additional feedback signaling, and retransmissions may be deactivated, resulting in improved power savings and more efficient use of system resources.


20240250788. DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION OF SHORT TRAINING FIELDS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Lin YANG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Bin TIAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Youhan KIM of Saratoga CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Qifan CHEN of Newark CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W52/18

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048



Abstract: this disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for distributed transmission of short training fields in a power spectral density limited frequency band. in one aspect, a device receives a distributed resource unit (dru) assignment for transmission of a dru portion of a physical layer protocol data unit (ppdu); determines a spatial stream global cyclic shift delay (csd) index for an short training field (stf) of the dru portion of the ppdu; and transmits, based on the spatial stream global csd index, the eht of the dru portion of the ppdu across a dru spreading bandwidth associated with the dru assignment using a tone plan and sequence corresponding to a regular resource unit (rru) transmission mode.


20240250790. RECEIVE-SIGNAL PATH ALLOCATION FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONING FREQUENCY LAYER PROCESSING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Alexandros MANOLAKOS of Athens (GR) for qualcomm incorporated, Mukesh KUMAR of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Srinivas YERRAMALLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Alberto RICO ALVARINO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048



Abstract: a signal processing method includes: transmitting, to a network entity from a user equipment, a capability indication indicating that the user equipment is capable of processing a plurality of positioning reference signals, of a plurality of different frequencies corresponding to different frequency layers, that at least partially overlap in receipt time at the user equipment; receiving the plurality of positioning reference signals at the user equipment at least partially overlapping in time; and processing the plurality of positioning reference signals at the user equipment in accordance with the capability indication.


20240250793. USER EQUIPMENT INITIATED SELECTION OF SIDELINK POSITIONING RESOURCES CONFIGURATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Alexandros MANOLAKOS of Escondido CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Mukesh KUMAR of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Srinivas YERRAMALLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Weimin DUAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, G01S5/02, H04W8/00, H04W64/00

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0051



Abstract: disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. in an aspect, a first user equipment (ue) may identify a set of positioning peer ues, the set comprising at least one positioning peer ue. the ue may perform a ue-initiated sidelink positioning reference signal (sl-prs) configuration process, the process comprising, for each of at least one positioning peer ue in the set of positioning peer ues, selecting a desired sl-prs configuration to be used by the respective positioning peer ue, and indicating, to the respective positioning peer ue, the desired sl-prs configuration.


20240250852. MULTI-ANTENNA READER CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ACQUISITION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Raviteja Patchava of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Piyush Gupta of Bridgewater NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Xiaoxia Zhang of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L25/02, H04B7/06, H04L5/00

CPC Code(s): H04L25/0224



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a network node may determine channel state information (csi) for a link with an energy harvesting (eh)-capable device based on measurements of backscattered signals reflected from the eh-capable device. the network node may include multiple antennas and may indicate, to the eh-capable device, a frequency shift to be applied by the eh-capable device to backscattering. the network node may transmit reference signals from each antenna of the network node. the eh-capable device may backscatter the received reference signals in accordance with the indicated frequency shift, and the network node may measure the frequency-shifted backscattered responses to the reference signals to determine csi between the different antennas and the eh-capable device. based on the identified csi, the network node may perform channel selection and/or spatial beamforming to increase received power at the eh-capable device for downlink transmissions to the eh-capable device.


20240250855. SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT FOR CREST FACTOR REDUCTION DISTORTION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Igor GUTMAN of Hod HaSharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ariel Yaakov SAGI of Haifa (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Konstantinos DIMOU of New York NY (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi LI of Fairless Hills PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jianghong LUO of Skillman NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04L25/03, H04L5/00

CPC Code(s): H04L25/03828



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a network node may apply a crest factor reduction (cfr) to an input signal to generate an output signal, the applying the cfr to the input signal including applying a shaping filter that distributes a first portion of cfr noise within a transmission frequency band of the output signal and a second portion of the cfr noise in at least one air interface resource that is outside of the transmission frequency band of the output signal. the network node may transmit the output signal. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251097. GLOBAL MOTION ESTIMATION USING ROAD AND GROUND OBJECT LABELS FOR GEOMETRY-BASED POINT CLOUD COMPRESSION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Luong Pham Van of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian of Irvine CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Bappaditya Ray of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Geert Van der Auwera of Del Mar CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Marta Karczewicz of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04N19/527, H04N19/124, H04N19/139, H04N19/177, H04N19/597

CPC Code(s): H04N19/527



Abstract: a device to code a point cloud data that includes a memory configured to store data representing points of a point cloud, and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine height values of points in a point cloud; code a data structure including data that represents a top threshold and a bottom threshold; classify points having height values between the top threshold and the bottom threshold into the set of ground points; classify points having height values above the top threshold or below the bottom threshold into the set of object points. the one or more processors code the ground points and the object points according to the classifications. the one or more processors code a geometry data unit header that includes data that overrides or refines the data of the data structure for the at least one of the top threshold or the bottom threshold.


20240251237. FIND/VERIFY UE PROVIDED LOCATION BY NTN NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Phaneendra CHEEKATLA of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Vikrant SINGH of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Athri RAO of Shimoga (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Keerthi Chowdary V of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W12/037, H04W12/104

CPC Code(s): H04W12/037



Abstract: aspects presented herein may enable a ue to communicate with a non-terrestrial network (ntn) with its location verified using a set of encrypted signals from a set of satellites associated with the ntn. in one aspect, a ue receives, from each satellite of a set of satellites, a set of encrypted signals and time information. the ue generates a set of time signals based on the time information for all of the set of satellites. the ue transmits the set of encrypted signals and the generated set of time signals for verifying a location of the ue. the ue communicates with an ntn based on the location of the ue being verified by the ntn to be a valid location, where the set of satellites is associated with the ntn.


20240251270. MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TIME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INCLUDING SIDELINK_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Shankar KRISHNAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Karthika PALADUGU of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Peng CHENG of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Dan VASSILOVSKI of Del Mar CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hong CHENG of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gavin Bernard HORN of La Jolla CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Rajeev KUMAR of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Xipeng ZHU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ozcan OZTURK of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Aziz GHOLMIEH of Del Mar CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W24/10, H04W76/27

CPC Code(s): H04W24/10



Abstract: a relay device receives, from the base station, a configuration for minimization of drive test (mdt) measurements associated with sidelink communication and transmits a report of the mdt measurements to the base station based on the configuration. the relay device may transmit, to a second ue, a configuration for logged mdt measurements associated with sidelink communication. the relay may receive an availability indication of logged mdt measurements from the second ue, transmit a request for the logged mdt measurements to the second ue, and receive the logged mdt measurements from the second ue over sidelink. a remote device receives, in a sidelink message from a relay device, a configuration for mdt measurements of sidelink communication and transmits the mdt measurements to the relay device.


20240251285. DELAY STATUS REPORTING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Linhai HE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sitaramanjaneyulu KANAMARLAPUDI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04L1/00, H04W28/04

CPC Code(s): H04W28/0278



Abstract: a user equipment (ue) may buffer data associated with a service. a delay status of the data may include an amount of time left before expiration of a timer (e.g., failure of a particular latency requirement) or an identification of data for which a timer has already expired (e.g., data for which the particular latency requirement has not been met). some aspects described herein enable delay status reporting. for example, a ue may generate and transmit a delay status report identifying a delay status of data to a network node.


20240251286. BUFFER STATUS REPORTING MESSAGE_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Linhai HE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W24/02, H04W28/08

CPC Code(s): H04W28/0278



Abstract: a user equipment (ue) may receive data, for transmission, at a buffer of the ue, such as when data is generated by an application of the ue. the ue may periodically transmit a buffer status report (bsr) to indicate an amount of data that is present at the buffer of the ue, among other information. some aspects described herein enable enhanced buffer status reporting. for example, a ue may dynamically generate a buffer status report table based at least in part on a set of configured parameters (e.g., that a network node may signal to the ue).


20240251288. USER EQUIPMENT MESSAGING TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Drew Foster VAN DUREN of Templeton CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, William WHYTE of Natick MA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sean Vincent MASCHUE of Encinitas CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Soumya DAS of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W4/44

CPC Code(s): H04W28/0289



Abstract: a method of completing a transaction for a ue includes: receiving, at roadside equipment, a position message indicating a position of the ue; receiving, at the roadside equipment, a transaction message from the ue, the transaction message being separate from the position message and including an encrypted token containing information associated with the ue to enable completion of the transaction; determining that the position message and the transaction message are cryptographically bound; decrypting the encrypted token to produce a decrypted token; determining a presence of the ue in a transaction region; and completing the transaction using the information contained in the decrypted token in response to determining that the position message and the transaction message are cryptographically bound and determining the presence of the ue in the transaction region.


20240251299. QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Shankar KRISHNAN of Poway CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Xipeng ZHU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Rajeev KUMAR of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gavin Bernard HORN of La Jolla CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W28/24, H04W24/10, H04W28/22

CPC Code(s): H04W28/24



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a user equipment (ue) may measure quality of experience (qoe) metrics and transmit a qoe report that is formatted to be readable by a base station, such that a base station may receive the qoe report and independently perform adjustments associated with the service being utilized by the ue. a ue may receive a configuration message that includes a first configuration for reporting qoe measurements to a base station and a second configuration for reporting qoe measurements to a qoe server. the ue may measure one or more qoe metrics in accordance with the configuration message, and generate a first report for the base station based on the qoe measurements and the first configuration. upon generating the report, the ue may transmit the first report to the base station in accordance with the first configuration.


20240251309. REFERENCE CELL CONFIGURATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Tianyang Bai of Somerville NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yan Zhou of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jelena Damnjanovic of Del Mar CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W36/32

CPC Code(s): H04W36/00835



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for reference cell configuration are described. a user equipment (ue) may receive a signal indicating a delta cell configuration for each candidate cell in a set of one or more candidate cells, the set of one or more candidate cells associated with a reference cell configuration. the ue may monitor for transmissions from candidate cells in the set of one or more candidate cells to identify a target cell, the target cell comprising a candidate cell from the set of one or more candidate cells. the ue may perform a cell mobility procedure with the target cell using the delta cell configuration of the candidate cell and the reference cell configuration of the set of one or more candidate cells.


20240251318. RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) BASED INTER-CELL MOBILITY_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yan ZHOU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Qian ZHANG of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W36/30, H04L1/1607, H04W24/08, H04W36/00, H04W36/36, H04W74/04, H04W74/0833

CPC Code(s): H04W36/30



Abstract: aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a ue. the method generally includes receiving signaling configuring the ue with multiple candidate pcis of at least one candidate target cell, receiving signaling configuring the ue with at least one ho condition for each pci of the multiple candidate target pcis, detecting that an ho condition is satisfied for a target pci of one or more target pcis selected from the multiple candidate target pcis for ho, initiating an ho procedure to a target cell associated with the target pci for which the ho condition is satisfied, the ho procedure involving transmitting a random access signal on an ul resource configured for the target pci, and transmitting or receiving an ho complete message, via physical or mac layer signaling, a handover complete message indicating completion of the ho procedure.


20240251332. PRIMARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BURST THAT IS SEPARATE FROM A SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BURST_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Jing LEI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yongle WU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jing JIANG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W48/10

CPC Code(s): H04W48/10



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a network node may transmit, based at least in part on a first transmission, a primary synchronization signal (pss) burst. the network node may transmit, based at least in part on a second transmission, a secondary synchronization signal (sss) burst, the second transmission being non-overlapping in a time domain with the first transmission. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251347. ROBUSTNESS AND POWER SAVING FOR A STEREO VOICE BACK CHANNEL IN AN EXTENDED PERSONAL AREA NETWORK_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Hemant GUPTA of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Mayank BATRA of Cambridge (GB) for qualcomm incorporated, Sriman MIRYALA of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Richard CARDOE of Fen Drayton (GB) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04R1/10, H04R5/033, H04R5/04, H04S1/00

CPC Code(s): H04W52/0216



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a wireless communication device may transmit, to one or more peripheral devices, downlink audio packets associated with a left audio channel and a right audio channel during a service period associated with a target wake time (twt) service interval (si) periodicity, wherein the twt si periodicity is a first integer multiple of a base si periodicity. the wireless communication device may receive, from the one or more peripheral devices, uplink audio packets associated with a voice back channel (vbc) during a service period associated with a vbc si periodicity, wherein the vbc si periodicity is a second integer multiple of the base si periodicity. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251358. POWER CONTROL INFORMATION FOR COMMON TCI STATES_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yan ZHOU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tianyang BAI of Mountain View CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W52/14, H04W52/24, H04W52/32

CPC Code(s): H04W52/146



Abstract: certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing power control parameters for channels and/or reference signals sharing a same common transmission configuration indicator (tci) state. a method that may be performed by a user equipment (ue) includes measuring a path loss at a user equipment, receiving, from a network, a plurality of power control configurations, wherein: each power control configuration of the plurality of power control configurations comprises a respective plurality of power control parameters, and each power control configuration of the plurality of power control configurations applies to a respective uplink channel or reference signal object associated with a common transmission configuration indication (tci) state, and transmitting at least one uplink channel or reference signal object at a transmission power that is based on the measured path loss and at least one of the power control configurations of the plurality of power control configurations.


20240251359. TRANSMIT POWER FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SL-PRS)_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Marwen ZORGUI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Srinivas YERRAMALLI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ahmed Attia ABOTABL of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W52/32, H04W52/24

CPC Code(s): H04W52/325



Abstract: disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. in an aspect, a user equipment (ue) may obtain information indicating one of a plurality of network energy modes for communication between a transmission-reception point (trp) and the ue. the ue may engage in a sidelink positioning session with at least one other ue, comprising the ue transmitting at least one sidelink positioning reference signal (sl-prs) symbol for the sidelink positioning session based on a sl-prs transmit power associated with the one of the plurality of network energy modes.


20240251363. ANGLE OF ARRIVAL-BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION USING PERIODIC ADVERTISING SYNCHRONIZATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Tingting LIU of Cambridge (GB) for qualcomm incorporated, Nicolas GRAUBE of Cambridge (GB) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04W48/10

CPC Code(s): H04W56/001



Abstract: disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. for example, a process can include receiving, from a network entity, synchronization information associated with a first set of periodic advertisements (pas). a first time offset from a reference time can be determined based on the synchronization information, wherein the reference time is associated with synchronization of a plurality of wireless communication devices including the wireless communication device. a second set of pas can be transmitted at a synchronized time based on the reference time and the first time offset, each pa of the second set of pas including a constant tone extension (cte).


20240251374. CELLULAR NETWORK-BASED POSITIONING FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Chao WEI of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Jing DAI of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Qiaoyu LI of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Hao XU of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Danlu ZHANG of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, G01S5/10, G01S13/87

CPC Code(s): H04W64/00



Abstract: aspects presented herein may enable a positioning entity (e.g., a ue, a base station, a trp, or an lmf, etc.) to take changes in propagation delay into consideration when calculating rtt or measuring rx-tx timing difference for signals transmitted between a ue and a non-terrestrial device. in one aspect, a ue measures a plurality of prss transmitted from a non-terrestrial device. the ue calculates a propagation delay change between the ue and the non-terrestrial device based on a tdoa of the plurality of prss. the ue transmits, to an lmf or a location server, a ue rx-tx time difference associated with a ue positioning session and the propagation delay change.


20240251382. BUSY INDICATION FOR PAGING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ozcan OZTURK of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Juan ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Xipeng ZHU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W68/00, H04W8/18

CPC Code(s): H04W68/005



Abstract: aspects relate paging message management for a wireless communication device having multiple subscriber identity modules (sims), where a first sim is active and a second sim is inactive. a radio access network (ran) paging message is received and processed for the second sim of the wireless communication device. a busy indication message including an establishment cause value for the busy indication message is generated in response to the ran paging message. the busy indication message may be transmitted to a wireless communication network to pause or halt further paging messages in accordance with the busy indication message.


20240251387. TRANSMISSION PARAMETER MODIFICATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ahmed ELSHAFIE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Diana MAAMARI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Huilin XU of Temecula CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Linhai HE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/04, H04W72/232, H04W72/56

CPC Code(s): H04W72/04



Abstract: aspects are directed to method of wireless communication wherein a user equipment (ue) is configured to dynamically adjust its communication parameters for uplink transmissions. in some examples, the ue is configured to obtain a first message comprising: (1) one or more communication parameters associated with a first channel, the one or more communication parameters comprising a first communication parameter, and (2) one or more ranges of values including a range of values associated with the first communication parameter. in some examples, the ue is configured to output signaling to be transmitted via the first channel according to a first value from the range of values.


20240251397. BEAM MANAGEMENT USING MULTIPLE SETS OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNALS AND CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR REPORTING_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Ruhua HE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Derrick Albert CHU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Raghu Narayan CHALLA of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Alexei Yurievitch GOROKHOV of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/044, H04L5/00

CPC Code(s): H04W72/046



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a user equipment (ue) may receive, during a beam management procedure, multiple sets of channel state information reference signals (csi-rss). the ue may receive multiple csi-rss, wherein one csi-rs of the multiple csi-rss is associated with one set of csi-rss of the multiple sets of csi-rss, and wherein a beam associated with the one csi-rs corresponds to a beam associated with the one set of csi-rss. the ue may transmit multiple channel quality indicator (cqi) reports based at least in part on the multiple csi-rss, wherein one cqi report of the multiple cqi reports is based at least in part on the one csi-rs of the multiple csi-rss. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251398. SUPERIMPOSED SYSTEM INFORMATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Peer BERGER of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated, Shay LANDIS of Hod Hasharon (IL) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/044, H04L5/00, H04W52/36, H04W72/54

CPC Code(s): H04W72/0473



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a user equipment (ue) may receive, from a network node, scheduling information associated with a data communication, the scheduling information indicating a resource allocation associated with the data communication. the ue may receive, from the network node, the data communication and system information that is superimposed on the resource allocation associated with the data communication. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251400. Managing Uplink Transmission Latency_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Mickael MONDET of Louannec (FR) for qualcomm incorporated, Prashanth Haridas HANDE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hyun Yong LEE of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Diana MAAMARI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W72/50

CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268



Abstract: various aspects may include methods for managing uplink transmission latency. in some embodiments, a user equipment (ue) modem may determine for each of two or more initial offset times an average time between uplink data arrival times at the ue modem during a configured grant (cg) frame pattern and subsequent uplink slots, select an initial offset time corresponding to the shortest average time, and receiving uplink data at the ue modem for transmission to a communication network according to the selected initial offset time. in some embodiments, the ue modem may determine for each of two or more cg frame patterns, an average time between uplink data arrival times at the ue modem and subsequent uplink slots of the cg frame patterns, select a cg frame pattern corresponding to the shortest average time, and transmit the selected cg frame pattern to a communication network.


20240251403. POWER CONTROL PARAMETERS FOR MULTI-TRP PUSCH REPETITION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yitao CHEN of San Marcos CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Fang YUAN of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W52/10, H04W52/24, H04W72/044, H04W72/232

CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268



Abstract: certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating using power control parameters for multiple transmitter receiver point (mtrp) physical uplink shared channel (pusch) repetition. a method that may be performed by a user equipment (ue) includes receiving a sounding reference signal (srs) configuration indicating at least a first srs resource set and at least a second srs resource set, receiving downlink control information (dci) scheduling a first set of one or more pusch repetitions to a first trp and a second set of one or more pusch repetitions to a second trp, and transmitting the first and second sets of pusch repetitions using at least one of a first set of default power control parameters or a second set of default power control parameters.


20240251409. INDICATION OF UNUSED RESOURCE FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Huilin Xu of Temecula CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Diana Maamari of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Ahmed Elshafie of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Linhai He of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/20, H04W72/1268

CPC Code(s): H04W72/20



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a user equipment may receive control signaling that includes a first parameter that indicates a first quantity of symbol groups and a second parameter that indicates a second quantity of resource block groups. the ue may receive a grant allocating periodic resources for transmitting a set of transport blocks. the ue may transmit a feedback message indicating whether resources of the grant are unused by the ue to transmit one or more transport blocks of the set of transport blocks, the feedback message generated according with the first parameter and the second parameter of the control signaling. the feedback message may include a set of values, where each value may correspond to a respective symbol group and resource group (e.g., a resource group pair).


20240251413. COHERENT PUCCH FORMAT FOR THE TIME-DOMAIN SINGLE-CARRIER WAVEFORM_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Hemant SAGGAR of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Iyab Issam SAKHNINI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04L5/00, H04W72/0446

CPC Code(s): H04W72/21



Abstract: aspects presented herein may enable a ue to transmit a pucch formed by a flexible concatenation of different types of blocks, such as one or more data sample blocks, one or more rs blocks, and/or one or more gap blocks within a pucch symbol. in one aspect, a ue receives, from a network entity, an indication to transmit one or more pucch symbols that are associated with a coherent pucch format, where each pucch symbol of the one or more pucch symbols associated with the coherent pucch format includes at least one rs sample block, at least one data sample block, or at least one gap sample block multiplexed in time-domain. the ue transmits, for the network entity, the one or more pucch symbols.


20240251417. PROCEDURE DESIGN FOR SELECTION BETWEEN SHARED DISCOVERY POOL AND DEDICATED POOL_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Peng CHENG of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Qing LI of Princeton Junction NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Karthika PALADUGU of Hyderabad (IN) for qualcomm incorporated, Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hong CHENG of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04W28/02, H04W72/563

CPC Code(s): H04W72/21



Abstract: method and apparatus for selection between shared discovery pool and dedicated pool. the apparatus receives, from a ue, a bsr or at least one sr, where the bsr or the at least one sr correspond to at least one of data traffic or discovery signaling. the apparatus configures an uplink grant using shared pool of resources or dedicated pool of resources based at least on the bsr or the at least one sr. the apparatus transmits the uplink grant to the ue.


20240251430. RSRP-BASED CONFLICT INDICATION FOR SIDELINK INTER-UE COORDINATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Shuanshuan Wu of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tien Viet Nguyen of Bridgewater NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gabi Sarkis of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sourjya Dutta of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Kapil Gulati of Belle Mead NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hui Guo of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/25, H04W72/044, H04W72/566

CPC Code(s): H04W72/25



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. a user equipment (ue) may receive a first sidelink control information (sci) from a second ue and a second sci from a third ce, the first sci may indicate a first set of resources and the second sci may indicate a second set of resources that at least partially overlap with the first set of resources. the sets of resources may indicate resources reserved by the ues for sidelink communications. the first ue may measure a first received power associated with the second ue or a second received power associated with the third ue, or both, based on the overlap and may transmit, to the second ue and/or the third ue, an indication of a conflict based on the first received power and/or the second received power satisfying a condition.


20240251437. RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT FOR SIDELINK DISCOVERY_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Kianoush HOSSEINI of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Alberto RICO ALVARINO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gabi SARKIS of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Hong CHENG of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Peng CHENG of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/566, H04W72/40

CPC Code(s): H04W72/569



Abstract: certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for improved sidelink discovery communication. an example method performed by a user equipment (ue) generally includes deciding, when a conflict occurs between a sidelink discovery message and at least one other transmission in a transmission period, whether to transmit the sidelink discovery message or the at least one other transmission based, at least in part, on a priority of the sidelink discovery message; and transmitting the sidelink discovery message or the at least one other transmission in the transmission period, in accordance with the decision. another example method by a ue generally includes signaling a capability of the ue to simultaneously receive, during a reception period, on a downlink and a sidelink; and receiving on the downlink while also receiving on the sidelink, in accordance with the capability.


20240251439. CHANNEL OCCUPANCY RATIO CALCULATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Hua WANG of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sony AKKARAKARAN of Poway CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jung Ho RYU of Fort Lee NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Junyi LI of Greentown PA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W72/566, H04W24/08, H04W72/1263, H04W72/20

CPC Code(s): H04W72/569



Abstract: a base station may instruct a ue to use at least one weighting factor associated with a cr for the ue, and the ue may apply the at least one weighting factor to the one or more resources scheduled for the pssch transmission to determine the cr. the ue may transmit the pssch in the one or more resources of the at least one slot based on the determined cr being less than or equal to a cr threshold value. the at least one weighting factor may be applied to the one or more resources in each of multiple slots scheduled for transmission of a pssch.


20240251469. ACTIVATING TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR CODEPOINTS_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Yan ZHOU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Fang YUAN of Beijing (CN) for qualcomm incorporated, Tao LUO of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W76/20, H04W72/12, H04W72/231, H04W80/02

CPC Code(s): H04W76/20



Abstract: various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. in some aspects, a user equipment (ue) may receive, from a base station, an indication that indicates whether a medium access control control element (mac-ce)-based implicit transmission configuration indicator (tci) update rule is enabled. the ue may receive, from the base station, a mac-ce that activates one or more tci codepoints based at least in part on the indication. numerous other aspects are described.


20240251472. UE TIMERS DURING CELL DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Konstantinos Dimou of New York NY (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Yan Zhou of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Jianghong Luo of Skillman NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Navid Abedini of Basking Ridge NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W76/28, H04W24/08

CPC Code(s): H04W76/28



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. the techniques described herein relate to equipment (ue) timers during cell discontinuous transmission (dtx) and/or discontinuous reception (drx) at a network entity. a ue may receive control signaling indicating a timer configuration for operation of a timer at the ue associated with a dtx and/or drx pattern at the network entity. the control signaling may indicate that the network entity will operate in accordance with the dtx and/or drx pattern for a period of time. the dtx and/or drx pattern indicates that the network entity cycles between an active transmission/reception mode and an inactive transmission/reception mode during the period of time. the ue may communicate a transmission with the network entity that initiates the timer. the ue operates the timer during the period of time based on the timer configuration.


20240251475. ALIGNING DRX CYCLES USING SYSTEM LEVEL CONFIGURATION_simplified_abstract_(qualcomm incorporated)

Inventor(s): Anantharaman BALASUBRAMANIAN of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Sudhir Kumar BAGHEL of Pleasanton CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Shuanshuan WU of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Gabi SARKIS of San Diego CA (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Tien Viet NGUYEN of Bridgewater NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Kapil GULATI of Belle Mead NJ (US) for qualcomm incorporated, Chang-Sik CHOI of Seoul (KR) for qualcomm incorporated

IPC Code(s): H04W76/28, H04W76/11, H04W76/27

CPC Code(s): H04W76/28



Abstract: in a particular implementation, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, from a first user equipment (ue) to a second ue, a radio resource control (rrc) request that includes a first discontinuous reception (drx) preference at the first ue. the method also includes receiving, at the first ue from the second ue, a rrc setup message that includes a second drx preference at the second ue. the method further includes transmitting, from the first ue to the second ue, a rrc setup complete message that includes an indication of a confirmed drx cycle.


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