Patents by Inventor Zhongbin Qin
Zhongbin Qin 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).
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Publication number: 20240049236Abstract: A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Publication number: 20230120161Abstract: A wireless communication system, a method, a base station, user equipment and a device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, wherein the user equipment simultaneously performs wireless data connections with a first base station and a second base station over different carriers, the electronic device including: circuitry configured to, acquire a notification to release the wireless data connection between the user equipment and the first base station from the second base station, if a release triggering node judges that a release condition is satisfied; and release the wireless data connection with the first base station based on the notification, wherein the release triggering node is either the first base station or the second base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Patent number: 11425698Abstract: A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Publication number: 20220232560Abstract: A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Publication number: 20220086950Abstract: A wireless communication system, a method, a base station, user equipment and a device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, wherein the user equipment simultaneously performs wireless data connections with a first base station and a second base station over different carriers, the electronic device including: circuitry configured to, acquire a notification to release the wireless data connection between the user equipment and the first base station from the second base station, if a release triggering node judges that a release condition is satisfied; and release the wireless data connection with the first base station based on the notification, wherein the release triggering node is either the first base station or the second base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Publication number: 20220039187Abstract: An electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus includes a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Patent number: 11212868Abstract: A wireless communication system, a method, a base station, user equipment and a device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, wherein the user equipment simultaneously performs wireless data connections with a first base station and a second base station over different carriers, the electronic device including: circuitry configured to, acquire a notification to release the wireless data connection between the user equipment and the first base station from the second base station, if a release triggering node judges that a release condition is satisfied; and release the wireless data connection with the first base station based on the notification, wherein the release triggering node is either the first base station or the second base station.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 11153923Abstract: An electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus includes a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Publication number: 20210321393Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
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Patent number: 11140604Abstract: A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaodong Xu, Cuibo Yu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Cong Zheng, Liyao Wei, Xiaojia Song, Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 11128992Abstract: A communications apparatus, a base station, and a communications method. The communications apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: group users in a 3D beam-forming space of a current cell into multiple space user groups; determine group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell; notify a neighbor cell of the group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell to assist inter-cell interference coordination, wherein the current cell is configured with an antenna array having multiple physical antennas to achieve 3D beam-forming.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Tong Zhang, Zhongbin Qin, Weijuan Gao, Hui Liang, Qinyan Jiang
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Patent number: 11109272Abstract: The art relates to a communication method and device for a wireless communication network and a wireless communication network. In the communication method, to one cell cluster in at least one cell cluster included in the wireless communication network, an Uplink-downlink ratio configuration scheme of the cell cluster during the next ratio configuration adjusting period is determined based on un-allocatable prediction amount for un-allocatable services of each cell in the cell cluster, and allocatable prediction amount for the services, which can be allocated to other cell(s), of each cell in the cell cluster, thus utilization efficiency of communication resource is optimized, and the cells in the cell cluster have the same communication frequency and Uplink-downlink ratio configuration scheme. According to the embodiments of the invention, the utilization efficiency of communication resource can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 11076393Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yingni Zhang, Liang Zeng, Zhongbin Qin
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Publication number: 20210014856Abstract: A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Zhongbin QIN
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Patent number: 10820306Abstract: A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 10812246Abstract: A method, base station, and user equipment (UE) for radio communication in a radio communication system including a base station and a UE, the UE communicating with the base station in carrier aggregation mode over plural component carriers. The method includes: the base station assigns a priority to each component carrier according to at least one of the following rules to enable the UE to select, on overlapped uplink subframes, the component carrier having highest priority for uplink signal transmission, the rules including: desired power loss of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, burden of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, number of uplink subframes of the component carrier, and primary/secondary attributes of the component carrier for transmission of a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal transmitted over the component carrier. The method, base station, and UE can flexibly adjust the transmission carrier of a PUCCH.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Zhongbin Qin
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Publication number: 20200260434Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
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Patent number: 10674492Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yingni Zhang, Liang Zeng, Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 10659969Abstract: A base station control method for a wireless communication system, a base station control apparatus, a wireless communication system and an electronic device. The wireless communication system includes a small cell. The base station control apparatus includes an upper limit determination unit and a frequency band control unit; wherein the upper limit determination unit is configured to determine the upper limit of the estimated number of small cells using unlicensed frequency bands in a target region according to available unlicensed frequency band resources and estimated service volume in the target region; and the frequency band control unit is configured to control one or more small cells to use or stop using the unlicensed frequency bands according to the upper limit of the estimated number, so that the number of small cells operating at the unlicensed frequency bands is not greater than the upper limit of the estimated number.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Chen Sun, Xin Guo, Zhongbin Qin, Yuxin Wei
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Patent number: 10645732Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for determining timing advance grouping, and relate to the field of communications, the method, device and system for determining timing advance grouping. The method includes adding, by a base station (eNodeB), a component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE); according to obtained timing advance (TA) group information or a preset rule, determining a TA group that the added CC belongs to, where the TA group is a set of CCs that can share a TA; and sending identification information that identifies the TA group to the UE. Embodiments of the present invention are used to determine TA grouping when the eNodeB adds the CC for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yi Jiang, Zhongbin Qin, Yinghui Yu, Junren Chang, Mingzeng Dai, Guanglin Han, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Yajuan Li, Boyun Xie, Yi Guo, Pingping Xing