Patents by Inventor Jianchun Zhou

Jianchun Zhou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240133281
    Abstract: A calculation system for predicting a proppant embedding depth based on a shale softening effect is provided, including a sampling test terminal, a scheduling module, a monitoring module, and a calculation module, wherein the scheduling module, the monitoring module, and the calculation module are connected in communication, and the monitoring module is connected to an external operating system through a wireless network, wherein the external operating system is configured to perform a hydraulic fracturing operation and receive a first control signal and/or a second control signal from the monitoring module. The sampling test terminal is configured to test the samples and obtain test data. The scheduling module is configured to determine a target construction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Cong LU, Qijun ZENG, Jianchun GUO, Jiaxing LIU, Jun WU, Junkai LU, Cheng LUO, Guangqing ZHOU, Xianbo MENG, Jiandong WANG, Yanhui LIU, Xiaoshan WANG, Xin SHAN
  • Publication number: 20240032080
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a number of radio resources of a mobile device, detecting activity of an application, and determining a data communication requirement of the application. The data communication requirement is compared to a first component carrier capacity and responsive to it exceeding the first component carrier capacity, a number of secondary component carriers providing secondary capacities are identified according to the data communication requirement, wherein a combination of the first capacity and the number of secondary capacities is not less than the data communication requirement. A group of the radio resources is configured according to the number of secondary component carriers, wherein a number of the group of the radio resources does not exceed the maximum number of the radio resources, and wherein the data communication requirement is accommodated by the combination of the first and secondary capacities. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Patent number: 11838906
    Abstract: A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for receiving a first message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises an indication of one or more conditions, wherein the one or more conditions comprises an indication that the UE has a radio mode that comprises new radio (NR); determining a required idle period for long term evolution (LTE) for the UE; determining, based on the first message and the required idle period for LTE, a transmission time interval (TTI) for NR that corresponds to the required idle period for LTE; and sending, to the UE, a second message, wherein the second message comprises an indication of the TTI for NR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Wen Yang, Yakun Gao, Ye Chen
  • Publication number: 20230319665
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) for a plurality of carriers at a user equipment (UE) device, the plurality of carriers transmitted by a source group of cells including a source primary cell (PCell) and one or more source secondary cells (SCells) associated with the source PCell, and initiating a handover of communication with the UE device from the source group of cells to a target group of cells, wherein the target group of cells includes a target PCell and one or more target SCells, wherein the initiating the handover is responsive to the RSRP exceeding a predetermined RSRP threshold and the SNR exceeding a predetermined SNR threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Publication number: 20230308946
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a data packet for transmission over a wireless network to a user equipment (UE) device in data communication with one or more network elements over one or more carrier legs of the wireless network, receiving information about current network conditions, retrieving a set of packet splitting rules which define initial boundary conditions for a process of splitting packets into smaller data packets for transmission to the UE device, applying, in a machine learning model, one or more packet splitting rules of the set of packet splitting rules to split the data packet into a set of smaller data packets, based on the information about current network conditions in the wireless network, selecting, in the machine learning model, a flow control arrangement for the data packet, including determining a number of smaller packets to split the data packet, and selecting respective carrier legs of the one or more carrier legs of the wireless network for c
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Patent number: 11770185
    Abstract: The spectrum sharing dynamic mode switch in TDMA may allow for the transmission of only one radio mode per transmission time interval (TTI). Such system may address radio interference or retransmission (reTX) failures, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Ming Zhang, Sameer Sangal
  • Publication number: 20230299499
    Abstract: Techniques for improved wireless throughput via beam reflection reduction are provided. A wireless communication device can include a device enclosure that at least partially encompasses an interior of the wireless communication device, the device enclosure comprising a cover assembly that defines a surface of the wireless communication device, wherein the cover assembly is composed of at least a first material; an antenna embedded within the interior of the wireless communication device substantially adjacent to the cover assembly, wherein the antenna is situated at a position relative to the cover assembly; and an aperture formed into the cover assembly at the position, wherein the aperture is not composed of the first material. Alternatively, the aperture can be coated with a non-reflective material that is distinct from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao, Ratish Upadhyay, Peter Doyle
  • Patent number: 11678350
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a number of radio resources of a mobile device, detecting activity of an application, and determining a data communication requirement of the application. The data communication requirement is compared to a first component carrier capacity and responsive to it exceeding the first component carrier capacity, a number of secondary component carriers providing secondary capacities are identified according to the data communication requirement, wherein a combination of the first capacity and the number of secondary capacities is not less than the data communication requirement. A group of the radio resources is configured according to the number of secondary component carriers, wherein a number of the group of the radio resources does not exceed the maximum number of the radio resources, and wherein the data communication requirement is accommodated by the combination of the first and secondary capacities. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Publication number: 20220394718
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a number of radio resources of a mobile device, detecting activity of an application, and determining a data communication requirement of the application. The data communication requirement is compared to a first component carrier capacity and responsive to it exceeding the first component carrier capacity, a number of secondary component carriers providing secondary capacities are identified according to the data communication requirement, wherein a combination of the first capacity and the number of secondary capacities is not less than the data communication requirement. A group of the radio resources is configured according to the number of secondary component carriers, wherein a number of the group of the radio resources does not exceed the maximum number of the radio resources, and wherein the data communication requirement is accommodated by the combination of the first and secondary capacities. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Publication number: 20220345211
    Abstract: The spectrum sharing dynamic mode switch in TDMA may allow for the transmission of only one radio mode per transmission time interval (TTI). Such system may address radio interference or retransmission (reTX) failures, among other things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Ming Zhang, Sameer Sangal
  • Publication number: 20220338198
    Abstract: A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for receiving a first message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises an indication of one or more conditions, wherein the one or more conditions comprises an indication that the UE has a radio mode that comprises new radio (NR); determining a required idle period for long term evolution (LTE) for the UE; determining, based on the first message and the required idle period for LTE, a transmission time interval (TTI) for NR that corresponds to the required idle period for LTE; and sending, to the UE, a second message, wherein the second message comprises an indication of the TTI for NR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Wen Yang, Yakun Gao, Ye Chen
  • Publication number: 20220329374
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards cell reference signal interference reduction. Techniques disclosed herein can be implemented at radio access network (RAN) nodes that use dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) to send wireless communications according to both a first and a second wireless communication protocol, e.g., according to 4G LTE and 5G NR wireless communication protocols. RAN nodes can limit a cell reference signal transmission rate, thereby reducing interference associated with cell reference signal transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Yakun Gao
  • Publication number: 20220150177
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Publication number: 20220131637
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first indication of a first count of resource blocks in a first cell in which the device is located, obtaining a second indication of a second count of resource blocks allocated to the device, obtaining a third indication of a reference signal received power (RSRP) value for the device, obtaining a fourth indication of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for the device, computing a first reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value for the device based on the first indication, the second indication, the third indication, and the fourth indication, and transmitting a fifth indication of the first RSRQ value. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sameer Sangal, Jianchun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220086726
    Abstract: Determining to initiate a user equipment handover event based on a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value is disclosed. The disclosed subject matter can employ the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value in lieu of a reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, a handover based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can generally be determined faster and with greater reliability than basing the handover on the reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, some embodiments can substitute a determined uplink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value for a downlink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value. In some embodiments, a predicted signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can be determined based on historical channel characteristics, hysterical wireless network environment features, or other historical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Patent number: 11265256
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Patent number: 11212726
    Abstract: Determining to initiate a user equipment handover event based on a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value is disclosed. The disclosed subject matter can employ the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value in lieu of a reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, a handover based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can generally be determined faster and with greater reliability than basing the handover on the reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, some embodiments can substitute a determined uplink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value for a downlink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value. In some embodiments, a predicted signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can be determined based on historical channel characteristics, hysterical wireless network environment features, or other historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Publication number: 20210029607
    Abstract: Determining to initiate a user equipment handover event based on a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value is disclosed. The disclosed subject matter can employ the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value in lieu of a reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, a handover based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can generally be determined faster and with greater reliability than basing the handover on the reference signal receive power value. In an aspect, some embodiments can substitute a determined uplink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value for a downlink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value. In some embodiments, a predicted signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio value can be determined based on historical channel characteristics, hysterical wireless network environment features, or other historical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Publication number: 20200145343
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal
  • Patent number: 10567297
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards selecting, by user equipment, a selected maximum transmission unit (MTU) packet size for wireless data transfer based on radio signal conditions. In one aspect, reference signal received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) are used to select the MTU packet size, e.g., by using RSRP and RSRQ as indices to a lookup table of predetermined MTU packet sizes, such as previously determined by field testing. In general, smaller MTU packet sizes are used with poorer quality radio signal conditions. The selected MTU packet size may be increased or decreased based on actual performance data and/or based on changed radio signal conditions, such as for a subsequent data transfer session. The user equipment may comprise a Cat-M device that transfers data related to Machine-Type Communications (MTC)/Machine to Machine (M2M) communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Jianchun Zhou, Sameer Sangal