公开(公告)号：US20220173780A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17516253

申请日：2021-11-01

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Oghenekome Oteri ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Rui Yang

IPC: H04B7/06

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for adaptation of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode in mmW Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems. A first station (STA) may receive a mode change request from a second STA. The mode change request may indicate a mode change for a MIMO mode, a polarization mode, and/or an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) mode. The mode change request may include one or more STA fields. The one or more STA fields may include a STA field associated with the first STA. Each of the one or more STA fields may include a MIMO mode subfield, a polarization mode subfield, and/or an OFDMA mode subfield. The first STA may change the MIMO mode, the polarization mode, and/or the OFDMA mode, for example, based on the mode change request. The first STA may send a mode change response to the second STA.

公开(公告)号：US11349551B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17343264

申请日：2021-06-09

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Oghenekome Oteri

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B17/12 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04B7/0413

Abstract: Presently disclosed are systems and methods for beamforming training in WLANs. In various embodiments, there are unified MIMO beamforming training procedure, which includes a training period in which an initiator transmits multiple unified training frames for performing a transmit-beamforming training of the initiator and a receive-beamforming training of one or more responders; a feedback period in which each responder replies with a beamforming-feedback response; and an acknowledgement period during which the initiator transmits respective acknowledgement frames to the one or more responders from which responses were received. Rules for restricted random access in various slots of the feedback period may be implemented, to address response contention between multiple qualifying responders.

公开(公告)号：US20220166470A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17667144

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Rui Yang ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Frank La Sita

IPC: H04B7/0417 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) channel access are provided herein. A method performed by a station may include receiving, from an access point (AP), a frame including information indicating a broadcast address. The frame may further include a control trailer including information indicating that a multi-user multiple input-multiple output (MU-MIMO) frame is to be transmitted by the AP and information indicative of a designation of a plurality of STAs, the plurality of STAs including the STA. The frame may solicit response frames from at least the designated plurality of STAs. The method may further include transmitting a response frame to the indicated broadcast address and receiving the MU-MIMO frame from the AP.

公开(公告)号：US20220132421A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17434571

申请日：2020-02-28

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Xiaofei Wang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Joseph S. Levy ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Li-Hsiang Sun

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/08

Abstract: A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The method comprises: generating, by a Station Management Entity (SME), a request primitive enabling a wake-up radio (WUR) scanning process for WUR discovery frames transmitted by one or more access points (APs), the request primitive comprising a plurality of first parameters; conducting the WUR scanning process using WUR based on the plurality of the first parameters; generating, at a MAC layer, at least one confirm primitive based on a result of the WUR scanning process and at least a part of the plurality of first parameters; and communicating, from the MAC layer to the SME, the at least one confirm primitive.

公开(公告)号：US20220110154A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17550789

申请日：2021-12-14

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Guodong Zhang ,  Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Robert L. Olesen ,  Fengjun Xi ,  Rui Yang ,  Xiaofei Wang

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described. A station includes a transceiver and a processor, which detect a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission. The trigger frame includes a user information field with an allocation of one or more random access resource units (RUs) and a common information field with information to set high efficiency (HE) SIGNAL-A (HE-SIG-A) fields in the UL MU transmission. The transceiver and the processor generate an HE trigger-based (TB) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) and set an HE-SIG-A field in the HE TB PPDU using the information in the trigger frame. The transceiver and the processor select one of the one or more random access RUs and transmit the HE TB PPDU, using the selected one of the one or more random access RUs, a short inter-frame space after the trigger frame.

公开(公告)号：US11283491B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16628839

申请日：2018-07-06

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Li Hsiang Sun ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Rui Yang

IPC: H04B7/0452 ,  H04B7/0417

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for beamforming (BF) training are disclosed. In some examples, a receiver is configured to receive sector sweep (SSW) training frames from an initiator device that each indicate an antenna sector of the initiator device. A transmitter is configured to transmit sector sweep (SSW) training frames to the initiator device that indicate a best received antenna sector of the initiator device. The receiver receives a sector sweep feedback (SSW FB) frame from the initiator device, and the transmitter transmits transmit a sector sweep acknowledgement (SSW ACK) frame to the initiator device that indicates an antenna sector of the initiator device that is different from the antenna sector indicated by the SSW FB frame, if the SSW FB frame was best received by an antenna not corresponding to the best received antenna sector of the initiator device.

公开(公告)号：US20220077964A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17421611

申请日：2020-01-10

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofei Wang ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Li-Hsiang Sun

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The method comprises: receiving LRRE information from an AP; determining whether a first condition is satisfied by the WTRU, wherein the first condition is satisfied by the WTRU, on a condition that the first condition is satisfied, sending a mode change request to the AP to change an operation mode to a LRRE HARQ mode; receiving a response regarding the mode change request from the AP; and communicating with the AP using a plurality of PPDUs, each of the PPDUs comprising at least one field enabling transmissions between the WTRU and the AP under the first condition and a LRRE HARQ mode indication.

公开(公告)号：US11245443B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16611188

申请日：2018-05-03

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Li Hsiang Sun ,  Hanqing Lou ,  Alphan Sahin ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Rui Yang ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Frank La Sita

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: A single input single output (SISO) data transmission may solicit a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) rank adaptation information. A number of transmit chain for transmission may be determined, e.g., by an access point (AP). A physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) may be transmitted, e.g., to a station (STA). The PPDU may include data and training (TRN) sequences. The number of TRN sequences may be equal to the number of transmit chains. The PPDU may include information associated with the determined number of transmit chains for transmission. Feedback may be received, e.g., from the STA. The feedback may include information that identifies a transmit chain associated with the transmitted TRN sequences and/or a channel measurement associated with the identified transmit chain. A subsequent PPDU may be transmitted based on the channel measurement associated with the identified transmit chain from the received feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20210306057A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17343264

申请日：2021-06-09

Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Oghenekome Oteri

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B17/12 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Presently disclosed are systems and methods for beamforming training in WLANs. In various embodiments, there are unified MIMO beamforming training procedure, which includes a training period in which an initiator transmits multiple unified training frames for performing a transmit-beamforming training of the initiator and a receive-beamforming training of one or more responders; a feedback period in which each responder replies with a beamforming-feedback response; and an acknowledgement period during which the initiator transmits respective acknowledgement frames to the one or more responders from which responses were received. Rules for restricted random access in various slots of the feedback period may be implemented, to address response contention between multiple qualifying responders.

公开(公告)号：US20210289554A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17222546

申请日：2021-04-05

Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Inventor： Hanqing Lou ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Li-Hsiang Sun ,  Xiaofei Wang ,  Rui Yang

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protection of multi-user (MU) transmission are described herein. An apparatus includes a receiver, a transmitter and a processor. The receiver and the processor detect a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission. The processor and the transmitter generate and send a frame in response to the trigger frame and transmit channel availability information for a plurality of channels in response to the trigger frame. The receiver and the processor detect data in a resource unit (RU) of a downlink (DL) MU physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) on one of the plurality of channels. The one of the plurality of channels is based on the transmitted channel availability information.