公开(公告)号：US11349550B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16999761

申请日：2020-08-21

申请人： Aman Jassal ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Aman Jassal ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00

摘要： An integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network may allow for enhanced network coverage. However, there are control and management challenges associated with an integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network because the network and user equipments (UEs) are no longer confined to only using conventional cellular communication via terrestrial transmit-and-receive points (T-TRPs). One challenge is how to perform beam management. In some embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed in which an indication of angular direction (e.g. beam direction) is provided by the T-TRP. The indication of angular direction may be used by a UE for communicating with a non-terrestrial TRP (NT-TRP), e.g. using beamforming. However, the methods are not limited to integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial networks or the involvement of NT-TRPs, but apply more generally to indicating angular direction for directional communication.

公开(公告)号：US11678344B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17326756

申请日：2021-05-21

申请人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04W72/23 ,  H04W4/40

CPC分类号： H04W72/23 ,  H04W4/40

摘要： A user equipment (UE) receives a message that indicates a sidelink (SL) communication resource configuration to be used by the UE for communicating SL control information and SL data between the UE and another UE. The UE transmits SL control information according to the SL communication resource configuration, and transmits SL data according to the SL communication resource configuration. The SL control information and the SL data are transmitted by the UE without the UE receiving, in a downlink control information (DCI), a grant of communication resources.

公开(公告)号：US08908551B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-09

申请号：US13626177

申请日：2012-09-25

申请人： Amine Maaref ,  Ying Qian ,  Hadi Baligh ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Amine Maaref ,  Ying Qian ,  Hadi Baligh ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04L1/00

CPC分类号： H04W52/343 ,  H04W52/143 ,  H04W52/283 ,  H04W52/367

摘要： The invention provides a self-adaptive downlink power control scheme for OFDMA-based wireless cellular networks suitable for noise-limited environments. Downlink power levels are assigned in a distributed manner in the absence of any requirement for coordination or cooperation between cells. Distributed assignment allows for more optimal usage of the available transmit power at the base stations and more complete exploitation of the flexibility of frequency domain scheduling. In one embodiment, base stations in a cellular network service mobile user equipment within the respective base station coverage areas, and categorize the user equipment in a plurality of power levels according to certain criteria in accordance with such factors as channel experience and quality. A load-balancing self-adjustment mechanism allows automatic balancing of the load between different power levels.

摘要翻译： 本发明为适用于噪声限制环境的基于OFDMA的无线蜂窝网络提供了自适应下行链路功率控制方案。 在没有任何细胞之间进行协调或协作的要求的情况下，分布式分配下行链路功率级别。 分布式分配允许更好地使用基站的可用发射功率，并更全面地利用频域调度的灵活性。 在一个实施例中，在各个基站覆盖区域内的蜂窝网络服务移动用户设备中的基站，并且根据诸如频道体验和质量等因素，根据特定标准将用户设备分类为多个功率级别。 负载平衡自调整机制允许在不同功率水平之间自动平衡负载。

公开(公告)号：US12004201B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US16992921

申请日：2020-08-13

申请人： Amine Maaref ,  Yu Cao ,  Yongxia Lyu ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Amine Maaref ,  Yu Cao ,  Yongxia Lyu ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/30 ,  H04W72/51

CPC分类号： H04W72/51 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/30

摘要： A method for transmitting data over a SL data channel wherein a transmit UE and a receive UE are each semi-statically provided with a CG configuration such that a CG configuration indication does not have to be transmitted in association with each individual data transmission during a duration that the CG configuration is applied.

公开(公告)号：US11044748B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16392827

申请日：2019-04-24

申请人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04W72/14 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/12

摘要： A user equipment (UE) receives a message that indicates a sidelink (SL) communication resource configuration to be used by the UE for communicating SL control information and SL data between the UE and another UE. The UE transmits SL control information according to the SL communication resource configuration, and transmits SL data according to the SL communication resource configuration. The SL control information and the SL data are transmitted by the UE without the UE receiving, in a downlink control information (DCI), a grant of communication resources.

公开(公告)号：US10080120B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-18

申请号：US14570445

申请日：2014-12-15

申请人： Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W88/06

CPC分类号： H04W4/70 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/048 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： A method at a network element for providing data access to a network. The method comprising establishing a primary communication channel with the network with a first wireless interface of said network element, establishing a complementary communication channel with one or more of a group of delay tolerant devices with a second wireless interface of said network element, receiving data from respective delay tolerant devices in the group, aggregating the received data and transferring said aggregated data on the established primary communication channel to the network. In an embodiment the primary and complementary channels correspond respectively to first and second spectrums, which may in turn be, respective, licensed and unlicensed spectrums.

公开(公告)号：US11943067B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17027885

申请日：2020-09-22

申请人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Yu Cao ,  Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W72/25 ,  H04W72/40

CPC分类号： H04L1/1893 ,  H04L1/1896 ,  H04L5/0005 ,  H04W72/21

摘要： A first user equipment (UE) is configured to receive from a base station a signaling comprising indication of one or more time-frequency resources and an indicator indicating a time gap, and transmit a transport block (TB) to a second UE using the one or more time-frequency resources. For each of the time-frequency resources, the first UE monitors a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback from the second UE, using a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource; and transmits to the base station a HARQ feedback report signal based on the HARQ feedback or absence thereof, in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), using a single PUCCH resource determined based on the time gap from a last one of the PSFCH resources.

公开(公告)号：US10034120B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US14570445

申请日：2014-12-15

申请人： Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

发明人： Amine Maaref ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： A method at a network element for providing data access to a network. The method comprising establishing a primary communication channel with the network with a first wireless interface of said network element, establishing a complementary communication channel with one or more of a group of delay tolerant devices with a second wireless interface of said network element, receiving data from respective delay tolerant devices in the group, aggregating the received data and transferring said aggregated data on the established primary communication channel to the network. In an embodiment the primary and complementary channels correspond respectively to first and second spectrums, which may in turn be, respective, licensed and unlicensed spectrums.

公开(公告)号：US10548175B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US16543947

申请日：2019-08-19

申请人： Amine Maaref

发明人： Amine Maaref

IPC分类号： H04W76/14 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W4/08

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a device-to-device (D2D) group amongst a plurality of user equipments (UEs). In one embodiment a target UE transmits, using D2D communication, a request message inviting at least one other UE to be part of a D2D group with the target UE. A neighbour UE receives the request message and transmits a report message indicating that the neighbour UE will be part of the D2D group with the target UE. A base station receives the report message and transmits to the target UE and to the neighbour UE a confirmation message indicating that the neighbour UE is in the D2D group with the target UE.

公开(公告)号：US11483884B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16542371

申请日：2019-08-16

申请人： Mohamed Adel Salem ,  Amine Maaref

发明人： Mohamed Adel Salem ,  Amine Maaref

IPC分类号： H04L1/18 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W52/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04B17/10 ,  H04W52/38 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W72/00

摘要： Methods and devices are provided to enable a cooperating group of user equipments (UEs) to receive a group-specific common-parameters configuration (CPC) message over a first spectrum band and access a second spectrum band synchronously for device-to-device (D2D) sidelink transmission within the group. In an embodiment, a UE operating in a cooperation mode in a cooperating group of UEs receives a group-specific common-parameters configuration (CPC) message from a transmit point (TP) over a first spectrum band, the group-specific CPC message comprising information to configure cooperating UEs in the group for synchronous clear channel assessment (CCA) and aligned sidelink transmission starting times in a second spectrum band. The UE performs a synchronous CCA in the second spectrum band in accordance with a common contention window generated based on the information in the group-specific CPC message.