公开(公告)号：US20170215198A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15414250

申请日：2017-01-24

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Wanshi Chen ,  Peter Gaal ,  Tien Chien Chen ,  Rebecca Wen-Ling Yuan ,  Hongbo Yan ,  Jong Hyeon Park

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W72/1205 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/005 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04L5/0073 ,  H04L5/0098 ,  H04L5/1469 ,  H04L27/2607 ,  H04W52/0209 ,  H04W52/0219 ,  H04W56/0055 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/21

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) management in carrier aggregation (CA) are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled for overlapping (e.g., concurrent) transmissions of SRS and uplink control or data on different cells of a CA configuration. In some cases, the SRS transmission may be dropped (e.g., the UE may refrain from transmitting a scheduled SRS). While in some cases, the UE may transmit both SRS and another uplink message in overlapping time intervals on different cells (e.g., SRS may be transmitted concurrently with another uplink message). A determination of whether to transmit or drop SRS may be based on whether the different cells have different cyclic prefix (CP) lengths or on whether the SRS is scheduled to be transmitted in a special subframe of a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration, for example.

公开(公告)号：US20160254851A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-01

申请号：US15152799

申请日：2016-05-12

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Francis Ming-Meng Ngai ,  Daniel Fred Filipovic ,  Ning He

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W88/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/0814 ,  H04B1/406 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0805 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A wireless device includes: a first radio and first transceiver configured to transmit and receive according to a first radio access technology; a second radio and second transceiver configured to transmit and receive according to a second radio access technology; a first antenna and a second antenna connected to the first radio and the second radio; a switch; and a control unit configured to control the switch to configure connections of the first and second antennas to the first and second radios. The control unit is configured to control the switch to disconnect the second radio from the second antenna in response to a receiving, by the second radio through the second antenna, a signal that is below a predetermined threshold, and to connect the second radio to the first antenna during a wakeup period of the second radio.

Abstract translation: 无线设备包括：第一无线电和第一收发机，被配置为根据第一无线接入技术进行发送和接收; 第二无线电和第二收发机，被配置为根据第二无线电接入技术进行发射和接收; 连接到第一无线电和第二无线电的第一天线和第二天线; 开关 以及控制单元，被配置为控制所述开关以配置所述第一和第二天线到所述第一和第二无线电的连接。 控制单元被配置为响应于通过第二天线的第二无线电接收低于预定阈值的信号并且将第二无线电与第二无线电连接到第二无线电 在第二无线电的唤醒期间的第一天线。

公开(公告)号：US08942772B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-27

申请号：US13841425

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Daniel Fred Filipovic

IPC: H04B1/38 ,  H04B15/00 ,  H04M1/00 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04B7/04 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08

CPC classification number: H01Q3/24 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04B7/0602 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0802 ,  H04B7/0814 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W72/085 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna selection for different radio access technologies. An apparatus can include a plurality of antennas and a plurality of radio access technology modules each configured to communicate according to a different radio access technology. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to switch communication circuits of each of the radio access technology modules to communicate via a corresponding one or more of the plurality of antennas. The apparatus further includes a switching manager configured to manage a plurality of switch configurations each defining a mapping between each of the radio access technology modules and the antennas. The switching manager is further configured to store a switch configuration used for a first radio access technology module and cause the controller to maintain the switch configuration in place in response to a network handover. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract translation: 本公开提供了用于不同无线电接入技术的天线选择的系统，方法和装置。 一种装置可以包括多个天线和多个无线电接入技术模块，每个无线电接入技术模块被配置为根据不同的无线电接入技术进行通信。 该装置还包括控制器，其被配置为切换每个无线电接入技术模块的通信电路，以经由多个天线中相应的一个或多个天线进行通信。 所述设备还包括交换管理器，被配置为管理多个交换机配置，每个开关配置定义每个无线电接入技术模块与天线之间的映射。 交换管理器还被配置为存储用于第一无线电接入技术模块的交换机配置，并且使控制器响应于网络切换来维持交换机配置。 还要求和描述其它方面，实施例和特征。

公开(公告)号：US11277192B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US16669017

申请日：2019-10-30

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Raghu Narayan Challa ,  Guy Wolf ,  Michael Levitsky ,  Ran Berliner ,  Awlok Singh Josan

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04B7/0413

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may monitor multiple beam pair links (BPLs) including a first BPL currently used by the UE to communicate with a network node (e.g., a base station), and a second BPL. The first BPL comprises a first network beam and a first UE beam, and the second BPL comprises a second network beam and a second UE beam. The UE may decide to switch beams from using the first BPL to using the second BPL based on signaling from the network node or autonomously. When the beam switch is made, the UE switches uplink (UL) transmission from over the first UE beam to over the second UE beam. After the beam switch is made, the UE transmits in the UL over the second UE beam using UL timing adjusted based on the first and second propagation delays.

公开(公告)号：US10187191B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15414250

申请日：2017-01-24

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Wanshi Chen ,  Peter Gaal ,  Tien Chien Chen ,  Rebecca Wen-Ling Yuan ,  Hongbo Yan ,  Jong Hyeon Park

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) management in carrier aggregation (CA) are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled for overlapping (e.g., concurrent) transmissions of SRS and uplink control or data on different cells of a CA configuration. In some cases, the SRS transmission may be dropped (e.g., the UE may refrain from transmitting a scheduled SRS). While in some cases, the UE may transmit both SRS and another uplink message in overlapping time intervals on different cells (e.g., SRS may be transmitted concurrently with another uplink message). A determination of whether to transmit or drop SRS may be based on whether the different cells have different cyclic prefix (CP) lengths or on whether the SRS is scheduled to be transmitted in a special subframe of a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration, for example.

公开(公告)号：US09712224B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US14015298

申请日：2013-08-30

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Francis M. Ngai ,  Jafar Mohseni ,  Daniel Fred Filipovic

IPC: H04B1/06 ,  H04B7/00 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/0868 ,  H04B7/0602 ,  H04B7/0817

Abstract: Systems and methods for antenna selection in a wireless terminal with two radios are provided. Signals received using first and second antennas are demodulated by first and second modems according to first and second protocols. A receive path between the second antenna and the second modem can be controlled to receive signals according to the first protocol. A performance measure of demodulating, according to the first protocol, a signal received using the second antenna is determined. The performance measure may be determined using a mirror module in the second modem or using a search module in the first modem. The wireless terminal switches antennas so that the first modem demodulates a signal received using the second antenna, if the performance measure for using the second antenna is such that the switch would improve performance of the first modem.

公开(公告)号：US09680219B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US13838674

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Daniel Fred Filipovic ,  Hongbo Yan ,  Ning He

IPC: H01Q3/24 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08

CPC classification number: H01Q3/24 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04B7/0602 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0802 ,  H04B7/0814 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W72/085 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna switching. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes at least one receive circuit including a first receive circuit. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to selectively switch the first receive circuit from receiving wireless communications via the first antenna to receive wireless communications via the second antenna if one or more performance characteristics of the first antenna are below a threshold in one or more measurement cycles, the one or more measurement cycles including a wake-up cycle outside of a predetermined wake-up cycle. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

公开(公告)号：US09595994B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-14

申请号：US14177029

申请日：2014-02-10

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan

IPC: H04B7/005 ,  H04B1/56 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04B1/403 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04B1/04 ,  H04B1/18 ,  H04B1/50

CPC classification number: H04B1/56 ,  H04B1/0458 ,  H04B1/18 ,  H04B1/406 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B1/50 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are related to antenna tuners. A device may include a transceiver configured to operate in a frequency division duplex (FDD) network. The device may also include an antenna tuner coupled to the transceiver. Further, the device includes a processor configured to tune the antenna tuner for a receive frequency if the device is operating in receive mode and tune the antenna tuner for a transmit frequency if the device is operating in a transmit and receive mode.

Abstract translation: 示例性实施例涉及天线调谐器。 设备可以包括被配置为在频分双工（FDD）网络中操作的收发机。 该设备还可以包括耦合到收发器的天线调谐器。 此外，该设备包括处理器，其被配置为如果设备正在以接收模式操作，则调谐天线调谐器以接收频率，并且如果设备在发射和接收模式下操作，则调谐天线调谐器以发射频率。

公开(公告)号：US09287954B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-15

申请号：US14500168

申请日：2014-09-29

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Vasanth Kumar Ramkumar ,  Srinivasan Rajagopalan ,  Sagar Kakade ,  Deepak Krishnamoorthi ,  Hongbo Yan

IPC: H04B7/02 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0604

Abstract: A method for antenna switching is described. The method includes transmitting using a first antenna. The method also includes determining that a trigger occurs to switch to transmitting using a second antenna. The trigger is based on a combination of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) maximum transmit power level (MTPL) counter and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) MTPL counter. The method further includes switching to transmitting using the second antenna based on the determination.

Abstract translation: 描述了天线切换的方法。 该方法包括使用第一天线的发射。 该方法还包括确定触发发生以切换到使用第二天线的发射。 触发是基于物理上行链路共享信道（PUSCH）最大发送功率电平（MTPL）计数器和物理上行链路控制信道（PUCCH）MTPL计数器的组合。 该方法还包括基于该确定切换到使用第二天线的发射。

公开(公告)号：US20150264743A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-17

申请号：US14215128

申请日：2014-03-17

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Francis Ming-Meng Ngai ,  Daniel Fred Filipovic ,  Ning He

IPC: H04W88/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/0814 ,  H04B1/406 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0805 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A wireless device includes: a first radio and first transceiver configured to transmit and receive according to a first radio access technology; a second radio and second transceiver configured to transmit and receive according to a second radio access technology; a first antenna and a second antenna connected to the first radio and the second radio; a switch; and a control unit configured to control the switch to configure connections of the first and second antennas to the first and second radios. The control unit is configured to control the switch to disconnect the second radio from the second antenna in response to a receiving, by the second radio through the second antenna, a signal that is below a predetermined threshold, and to connect the second radio to the first antenna during a wakeup period of the second radio.

Abstract translation: 无线设备包括：第一无线电和第一收发机，被配置为根据第一无线接入技术进行发送和接收; 第二无线电和第二收发机，被配置为根据第二无线电接入技术进行发射和接收; 连接到第一无线电和第二无线电的第一天线和第二天线; 开关 以及控制单元，被配置为控制所述开关以配置所述第一和第二天线到所述第一和第二无线电的连接。 控制单元被配置为响应于通过第二天线的第二无线电接收低于预定阈值的信号并且将第二无线电与第二无线电连接到第二无线电 在第二无线电的唤醒期间的第一天线。