Patents Assigned to ZTE Corporation
  • Publication number: 20250151126
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for timing enhancement in store and forward mode. A wireless communication node may configure a waiting duration indicative of a duration to a next service period of a satellite, and a serving duration indicative of a duration of a service period of the satellite. The wireless communication node may send the waiting duration and the serving duration, to be used by a wireless communication device during a random access procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yachao YIN, Nan ZHANG, Fangyu CUI, Wei CAO
  • Publication number: 20250150834
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for user equipment location verification. A first network node may perform location verification of a wireless communication device. Whether to release a connection with the wireless communication device can be determined by a second network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangyu CUI, Nan ZHANG, Jianwu DOU, Wei CAO
  • Publication number: 20250150884
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for wireless communication device detection. A network node can measure a signal transmitted from a wireless communication device based on one or more configurations indicated by a wireless communication node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuang ZHENG, Nan ZHANG, Ziyang LI, Wei CAO
  • Publication number: 20250151166
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include a first Bandwidth Part (BWP configuration used for receiving the multicast reception in the RRC-inactive state, for receiving the multicast data channel in the RRC-inactive state, a first search space, a first control resource set, a first frequency domain location, and a first bandwidth, for receiving the multicast control channel reception in the RRC-inactive state, a second search space, a second control resource set, a second frequency domain location, and a second bandwidth, and receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the multicast reception according to the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250151158
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a method, device, and system for discontinuous data transmission and discontinuous data reception in a wireless network. One method performed by a wireless device is disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a network node, a first message comprising a first connected state Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration or an indicator indicating the first connected state DRX configuration, wherein the first connected state DRX configuration is assigned to a first target associated with a first service of the wireless device, the first target comprising one of following: a Data Radio Bearer (DRB); a logical channel; a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS); a Configured Grant (CG); or a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process; and applying the first connected state DRX configuration to the first target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiubin SHA, Bo DAI, Yuan GAO, Eswar Kalyan VUTUKURI
  • Publication number: 20250151021
    Abstract: This document generally relates to wireless communication that includes a user device that determines that it satisfies a condition, and in response to satisfying the condition, performs at least one of: a relaxed positioning reference signal (PRS) measurement according to a relaxed PRS measurement rule that corresponds to the condition; or a relaxed sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission according to a relaxed SRS transmission rule that corresponds to the condition. Additionally, at least one network device determines a relaxed PRS measurement rule corresponding to a first condition or a relaxed SRS transmission rule corresponding to a second condition. The at least one network device transmits the relaxed PRS measurement rule corresponding to the first condition or the relaxed SRS transmission rule corresponding to the second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yu PAN, Chuangxin JIANG, Jing LIU, Cong WANG, Mengzhen LI
  • Publication number: 20250150945
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for system information repetition. A wireless communication device may identify a number of system information (SI) windows for repetitive transmissions of a system information block (SIB). The wireless communication device may determine an epoch time based on at least one of the SI windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangyu CUI, Nan ZHANG, Wei CAO, Yachao YIN
  • Publication number: 20250150965
    Abstract: A time domain power saving method, a base station, a signal adjustment apparatus, and a storage medium are disclosed. The base station sends power saving information to the signal adjustment apparatus. The signal adjustment apparatus executes a power saving mode according to the power saving information. The power saving information includes at least power saving configuration information for indicating a time window in which the signal adjustment apparatus executes the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Bosen Dun
  • Publication number: 20250150183
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for measuring interference for network nodes. A network node can determine a status of interference experienced at the network node. The network node can send an indication of the status of the interference to a wireless communication node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziyang LI, Nan ZHANG, Wei CAO, Hanqing XU, Shuang ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20250151044
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for time division duplex (TDD) configurations for smart nodes. A network node can receive a message from a wireless communication node for a link communicatively coupled between the network node and the wireless communication node or between the network node and a wireless communication device. The message can comprise first information indicating one or more of Time Division Duplex (TDD) configurations for the link and/or second information indicating one or more carriers for the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanqing XU, Nan ZHANG, Ziyang LI, Wei CAO, Shuang ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20250150155
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes transmitting, by a first wireless communication node. Network-Controlled Repeater (NCR) support information to a second wireless communication node; and receiving NCR configuration information, by the first wireless communication node from the second wireless communication node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhuang Liu, Dapeng Li, Yansheng Liu, Yin Gao
  • Publication number: 20250150221
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for determining downlink/uplink timing. A network node may determine a downlink timing of a first link or a second link based on at least one of a first downlink timing or a second downlink timing. The first downlink timing may correspond to a first frequency band for the first link. The second downlink timing may correspond to a second frequency band for the second link. The network node may determine an uplink timing of the first link or the second link based on at least one of a first uplink timing or a second uplink timing. The first uplink timing may correspond to the first frequency band. The second uplink timing may correspond to the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanqing XU, Nan ZHANG, Ziyang LI, Wei CAO
  • Publication number: 20250150973
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for on/off state control for network nodes. A network node can receive an on/off indication from a wireless communication node. The network node can determine, according to the on/off indication, an on/off state of the network node to support signal forwarding of one or more signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziyang LI, Nan ZHANG, Wei CAO, Hanqing XU, Linxi HU
  • Publication number: 20250151108
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for coverage enhancement in non-terrestrial network (NTN). A wireless communication device (e.g., UE) may receive a random access response (RAR) transmission that includes an indication indicating a maximum repetition number (repNum) of RAR transmissions for at least the wireless communication device from a wireless communication node (e.g., BS). The wireless communication device can determine, using the repNum, a time domain location of a transmission resource on which a Msg.3 transmission is to be transmitted in response to the RAR transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junli LI, Nan ZHANG, Wei CAO, Fangyu CUI
  • Patent number: 12293129
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for activating an audio device, a terminal device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method may include: acquiring an attribute of an audio application; acquiring an audio device identification (ID) mapped to the attribute from a preset audio device switching routing table according to the attribute, wherein the audio device ID mapped to the attribute may include: an audio device ID of an audio device codec corresponding to the attribute; and activating the audio device corresponding to the audio device ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mei Xu
  • Patent number: 12294897
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to improving mobility performance. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving a transmission that includes conditional information for a handover of the terminal. The method also includes determining whether a candidate cell fulfills a condition for handover based on the conditional information. In another exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes determining that there is no reference signal with a configured uplink grant with a measurement value that exceeds a threshold value. The method also includes initiating a random-access procedure. In another exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes generating conditional information for a handover of a terminal. The method also includes transmitting a transmission that includes the conditional information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Siqi Wang, Xiaojuan Shi, He Huang, Yuan Gao, Jing Liu
  • Patent number: 12295008
    Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication method comprises prioritizing a reception of a first resource when at least one event occurs, wherein the first resource and a second resource overlap in at least one time unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen He, Bo Gao, Yu Pan, Zhaohua Lu, Wenjun Yan
  • Patent number: 12295009
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems and devices for scheduling at least one cell with downlink control information (DCI) for a user equipment (UE). One method includes receiving, by the UE, the DCI via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network base station, the DCI used to schedule at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the at least one cell. Another method includes sending, by a network base station to the UE, the DCI via a PDCCH, the DCI used to schedule at least one PDSCH on the at least one cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jing Shi, Peng Hao, Xingguang Wei
  • Patent number: 12294535
    Abstract: Provided are a channel configuration method and terminal, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: determining that multiple physical channels overlap in a time domain; and determining a physical channel for carrying information or data in the multiple physical channels, wherein the determined physical channel is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and determining a physical channel comprises: among the multiple physical channels, processing a physical channel with earlier first symbol before a physical channel with later first symbol, and when two or more physical channels in the multiple physical channels have the same first symbol, processing a physical channel with a larger number of symbols before a physical channel with a smaller number of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Peng Hao, Zhisong Zuo, Ting Fu
  • Patent number: 12294981
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for determining a transport block size in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed, the method including: receiving control information from a wireless communication node, wherein the control information includes a plurality of transmission parameters related to transport blocks to be transmitted between the wireless communication device and the wireless communication node; calculating an intermediate transport block size (TBS) for the transport blocks based on the plurality of transmission parameters; modifying the intermediate TBS to generate a modified TBS in response to an event that the intermediate TBS is smaller than a threshold; and determining a final TBS for the transport blocks based on a TBS that is closest to the modified TBS, among TBSs that are in a quantized set and not smaller than the modified TBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Qiujin Guo, Jun Xu, Jin Xu