What technology area does this patent fall under?

Primary CPC classification H04B7/0617. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.

When was this patent published?

Publication date Tue Jul 30 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.

What related patents are in patentsdb?

We list 11 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).

Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network

Patent metadata
Field	Value
Publication number	US-10367677-B2
Application number	US-201615154403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

How to read this patent

A practical reading order for non-experts. Skip the full description unless you need deep technical detail.

Title
What the patent document calls the invention.
Abstract
A short plain-language summary of the technical disclosure.
Assignees and inventors
Who owns or filed the patent and who is credited as inventor.
Key dates
Filing, priority, publication, and grant dates set the timeline.
First independent claim
The legal scope of protection — read this for what is actually claimed.
CPC / IPC classifications
Technology tags used to group this patent with similar filings.
Citations and related patents
Prior art links and similar publications in this corpus.

Abstract

Official abstract text for this publication.

Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.

First claim

Opening claim text (preview).

What is claimed is: 1. A method, in a user equipment (UE), for operating in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: operating in a dormant mode, wherein operating in the dormant mode comprises intermittently activating receiver circuitry to scan for synchronization signals and/or system information signals; and while scanning for synchronization signals and/or system information signals: performing a measurement on each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources or demodulating and decoding information from each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources, where the resources in the predetermined set of resources are each defined by one or more of a beam, a timing, and a frequency; evaluating the measurement or the demodulated and decoded information for each of the plurality of resources against a predetermined criterion; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements or discontinuing the demodulating and decoding and evaluation of information, in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met for one of the resources, such that one or more resources in the predetermined set of resources are neither measured nor demodulated and decoded; and deactivating the activated receiver circuitry, further in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met for one of the resources; wherein the method further comprises: receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology; and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises operating in the dormant mode for one or more first intervals and operating in a connected mode for one or more second intervals, and wherein said operating in the dormant mode further comprises: monitoring signals carrying tracking area identifiers; comparing tracking area identifiers received during said monitoring with a tracking area identifier list; and notifying the wireless communication network in response to determining that a received tracking area identifier is not on said list but otherwise refraining from notifying the wireless communication network in response to receiving changing tracking area identifiers. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index; using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, the identified uplink access configuration specifying one or more random-access-related parameters; and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first numerology has a first subcarrier spacing and the second numerology has a second subcarrier spacing, the first subcarrier spacing differing from the second subcarrier spacing. 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving and processing first Layer 2 data on a first physical data channel, wherein the receiving and processing of the first Layer 2 data comprises the use of soft HARQ combining; and receiving and processing second Layer 2 data on a second physical data channel, wherein the receiving and processing of the second Layer 2 data comprises no soft HARQ combining. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second downlink subframes are received on the same carrier frequency. 7. The method of claim 1 , wherein subframes of the first and second numerologies comprise first and second predetermined numbers of OFDM symbols, respectively. 8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second numerologies comprises subframes having a length of 250 microseconds or less. 9. A user equipment (UE), comprising radio-frequency circuitry and a processing circuit operatively connected to the radio-frequency circuitry and configured to: operate in a dormant mode, wherein operating in the dormant mode comprises intermittently activating receiver circuitry to scan for synchronization signals and/or system information signals; and while scanning for synchronization signals and/or system information signals: perform a measurement on each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources or demodulate and decode information from each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources, where the resources in the predetermined set of resources are each defined by one or more of a beam, a timing, and a frequency; evaluate the measurement or the demodulated and decoded information for each of the plurality of resources against a predetermined criterion; discontinue the performing and evaluating of measurements or discontinuing the demodulating and decoding and evaluation of information, in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met for one of the resources, such that one or more resources in the predetermined set of resources are neither measured nor demodulated and decoded; and deactivate the activated receiver circuitry, further in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met for one of the resources; wherein the processing circuit is further configured to use the radio-frequency circuit to: receive, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology; and receive, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. 10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to operate in the dormant mode for one or more first intervals and to operate in a connected mode for one or more second intervals, and wherein said operating in the dormant mode further comprises: monitoring signals carrying tracking area identifiers; comparing tracking area identifiers received during said monitoring with a tracking area identifier list; and notifying the wireless communication network in response to determining that a received tracking area identifier is not on said list but otherwise refraining from notifying the wireless communication network in response to receiving changing tracking area identifiers. 11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: receive a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index; use the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, the identified uplink access configuration specifying one or more random-access-related parameters; and transmit to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. 12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first numerology has a first subcarrier spacing and the second numerology has a second subcarrier spacing, the first subcarrier spacing differing from the second subcarrier spacing. 13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: receive and process first Layer 2 data on a first physical data channel, wherein the receiving and processing of the first Layer 2 data comprises the use of soft HARQ combining; and receive and process second Layer 2 data on a second physical data channel, wherein the receiving and processin

Assignees

Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

Classifications

H04W52/028
switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks · CPC title
H04W52/0251
using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity · CPC title
H04B7/06
at the transmitting station · CPC title
H04L41/0816
the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title
H04J11/0059
Out-of-cell user aspects · CPC title

Patent family

Related publications grouped by family.

View patent family 58745329

External sources

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What does patent US10367677B2 cover?: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of …
Who is the assignee on this patent?: Ericsson Telefon Ab L M
What technology area does this patent fall under?: Primary CPC classification H04B7/0617. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?: Publication date Tue Jul 30 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?: We list 11 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).