Patents by Inventor Jianwu Dou

Jianwu Dou 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: 20240137076
    Abstract: Provided are an intelligent surface and a spatial electromagnetic wave manipulation system. The intelligent surface includes M types of electromagnetic units, where M is greater than or equal to 2. The M types of electromagnetic units are distinguished by at least one of the following: the geometric shape of the electromagnetic unit, the manipulation manner of the electromagnetic unit or the type of an electromagnetic parameter manipulated by the electromagnetic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jun YANG, Yijian CHEN, Jianwu DOU, Min FANG
  • Patent number: 11963049
    Abstract: An information processing method provided in the present disclosure includes: allocating, to a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) cell, at least one of a frequency band dedicated to the NTN cell, a frequency dedicated to the NTN cell, and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) dedicated to the NTN cell; notifying User Equipment (UE) of at least one of the following information: a frequency band indicator of the frequency band, the frequency, and the PCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Shi, He Huang, Nan Zhang, Jianwu Dou
  • Patent number: 11937293
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for determining an adaptive random access response window length in non-terrestrial networks. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving system information from a communication node, wherein the communication node communicates using a satellite in orbit or a high altitude platform station (HAPS); and determining an adaptive random access response window length based on the system information and whether the communication device has access to situation information that: characterizes a location of the communication device, an ephemeris of the satellite or a trajectory of the HAPS, and a payload type of the satellite or the HAPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Cao, Zhen Yang, Nan Zhang, Jianwu Dou, Linxi Hu
  • Publication number: 20240090064
    Abstract: Methods and systems for techniques for beam management in wireless networks are disclosed. In one example aspect, the method includes receiving, by a wireless device, a configuration from a network device, and initiating, by the wireless device, a process to recover a link to a network based on information elements within the configuration associated with different criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nan ZHANG, Wei CAO, Jianwu DOU, Jianqiang DAI
  • Publication number: 20240088964
    Abstract: A beam processing method, a network device, a base station, and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The method may include acquiring first beam identification information and beam time domain information sent by the base station, wherein the beam time domain information comprises beamforming time information that is indicative of a time corresponding to beamforming by the network node for signal directing; determining a first time domain according to the beamforming time information; and forming a first beam for signal directing in the first time domain, wherein the first beam is determined by the network node according to the first beam identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yong LI, Zhaohua LU, Yuxin WANG, Yijian CHEN, Jianwu DOU, Jun YANG
  • Patent number: 11930475
    Abstract: A wireless terminal determines a tracking area code (TAC) from a geographic position of the wireless terminal. From the TAC, the wireless terminal determines the tracking area identity based on an indication from the network-side regarding whether or not geographic position based tracking area identity determination is to be used or not. In some implementations, the network-side is a satellite cell that is configured to provide wireless connectivity to the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Gao, He Huang, Jianwu Dou
  • Publication number: 20240056128
    Abstract: Provided are an intelligent metasurface manipulation method, apparatus, and system, an intelligent metasurface, and a storage medium. The intelligent metasurface manipulation method includes determining channel information and beam manipulation information; determining a manipulation parameter to be optimized in a preset target function according to the channel information and the beam manipulation information; determining a target manipulation state of each electromagnetic unit on an intelligent metasurface according to the manipulation parameter to be optimized; and adjusting a current state of each electromagnetic unit to the target manipulation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jun YANG, Yijian CHEN, Min FANG, Jianwu DOU, Zhaohua LU, Liujun HU, Wanchun ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240049301
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communication systems are disclosed. In one aspect, the wireless communication method includes identifying, by a wireless communication device, a plurality of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource configurations. The method includes sending, by the wireless communication device to a wireless communication node, based on a selected one of the plurality of PRACH resource configurations, a first message to initiate a random access process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Wei CAO, Jianqiang DAI
  • Publication number: 20240039596
    Abstract: Techniques are described to indicate beamforming related information to a smart node that forwards signals to a base station (BS) and/or a user equipment (UE). An example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first network node from a second network node, a configuration information that indicates information about a number of spatial settings configured for the first network node, where each of the number of spatial settings corresponds to a spatial domain filter used by the first network node to communicate with one or more communication nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Wei CAO, Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Kaibo TIAN
  • Publication number: 20240022314
    Abstract: Techniques are described to indicate characteristics (e.g., configuration related control information and/or scheduling related control information) of signals forwarded by a smart node to a base station (BS) and/or to a user equipment (UE). An example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first network node from a second network node, a configuration information that configures the first network node, and transmitting, by the first network node to a communication node or to the second network node, a first signal comprising a first information according to the configuration information, where, prior to the transmitting, the first network node receives from the second network node or from the communication node a second signal comprising a second information that includes the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Wei CAO, Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Kaibo TIAN
  • Patent number: 11863307
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for channel state estimating and reporting schemes in wireless communication are described. In one aspect, a wireless communication method is provided to include transmitting, by a communication device, a channel state report message that includes at least one of a first field indicative of a value of a parameter or a second field that includes a deviation or a change rate of the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Nan Zhang, Wei Cao, Jianwu Dou, Linxi Hu
  • Patent number: 11812492
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for maintaining signal and data connections from a mobile base station portion relative to a fixed network portion. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication node gateway, includes: receiving a signal from a mobile communication node portion at a first dynamic port during a first duration of time; directing the signal from the first dynamic port to a static port associated with transport network layer information during the first duration of time; receiving the signal at a second dynamic port during a second duration of time after the first duration of time; and directing the signal from the second dynamic port to the static port during the second duration of time by using the transport network layer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Yang, Xiaojuan Shi, He Huang, Jianwu Dou
  • Publication number: 20230337035
    Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a wireless network node, assistance information associated with a serving cell of the wireless terminal, and disabling at least one measurement based on the assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei CAO, Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Chenchen ZHANG, Jianqiang DAI
  • Publication number: 20230309041
    Abstract: A system and method for system information transmission. The system and method include broadcasting, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a system information block that indicates configuration of different resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jianqiang DAI, Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Wei CAO, Chenchen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230292277
    Abstract: A positioning method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting device, a pilot signal to an electromagnetic reflecting surface; transmitting, by the transmitting device, control information to an electromagnetic reflecting surface control unit, where the control information includes temporal information and control direction information, the control information is used for instructing the electromagnetic reflecting surface control unit to orient, in target time periods, reflected beams formed by target pilot signals on the electromagnetic reflecting surface towards preset directions, and the preset directions are directions indicated by multiple pieces of preset direction information corresponding to respective ones of the target time periods; and determining, by the transmitting device or the receiving device, signal measurement results corresponding to the preset directions, and positioning, by the transmitting device or the receiving device, the receiving device according to the preset directions and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jianwu DOU, Min FANG, Yijian CHEN, Nan ZHANG, Lin PENG
  • Publication number: 20230268961
    Abstract: Provided are a positioning method, device and system for a transmitting device, and a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes that: control information is determined by a receiving device, wherein the control information includes temporal information and control direction information, and the control direction information is used for instructing a meta-surface control unit to adjust a reflection coefficient of a meta-surface to a target reflection coefficient corresponding to a preset direction within a target time period; a pilot signal is transmitted to the meta-surface by a transmitting device; the control information is sent to the meta-surface control unit by the receiving device ; and a signal measurement result corresponding to the preset direction is determined, and the transmitting device is positioned according to the preset direction and the signal measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jianwu DOU, Min FANG, Yijian CHEN, Nan ZHANG, Lin PENG
  • Patent number: 11736997
    Abstract: A link determination and establishment method and apparatus are provided. In the link determination method, a ground serving base station of User Equipment (UE) receives, from an air serving base station of the UE, link information of a primary link and configuration information of the air serving base station; the ground serving base station determines at least one cooperative base station of the UE and feature information of at least one secondary link according to the link information of the primary link and the configuration information of the air serving base station; and the ground serving base station sends, to the air serving base station and the at least one cooperative base station, indication information for establishing the at least one secondary link, the link information of the primary link, and configuration information of the ground serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Yang, Jianwu Dou, Wei Cao
  • Publication number: 20230140371
    Abstract: A system and method for transmission indications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to transmit, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, within an uplink gap or a downlink gap, control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jianqiang DAI, Wei CAO, Jianwu DOU, Nan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11641680
    Abstract: Methods and systems for handling UE associated information in non-terrestrial networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a satellite head station, includes: translating a first uplink (UL) tunnel address associated with a core network to a second UL tunnel address associated with the satellite head station, wherein the first and second UL tunnel addresses are each associated with a packet data unit (PDU) session established between the core network and a user equipment device (UE); transmitting the second UL tunnel address to a first satellite base station; and receiving UL data associated with the PDU session from the first satellite base station, wherein a UL tunnel address destination associated with the received UL data is set as the second UL tunnel address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Shi, He Huang, Jianwu Dou, Nan Zhang, Li Yang, Wei Cao
  • Publication number: 20230041198
    Abstract: An electromagnetic unit regulation method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium are provided. The electromagnetic unit regulation method includes: determining a to-be-regulated electromagnetic unit set S2, where the to-be-regulated electromagnetic unit set S2 is a subset of a regulatable electromagnetic unit set S1; grouping an electromagnetic unit set into X electromagnetic unit groups, where X?1, and the electromagnetic unit set includes at least one of the to-be-regulated electromagnetic unit set S2 and the regulatable electromagnetic unit set S1; determining an electromagnetic property set to be regulated; and according to the X electromagnetic unit groups, performing regulation on an electromagnetic property of the to-be-regulated electromagnetic unit set S2, where the electromagnetic property is at least one electromagnetic property in the electromagnetic property set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yijian CHEN, Min FANG, Jianwu DOU, Lin PENG