Patents by Inventor Chaofan MA

Chaofan MA 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).

  • Patent number: 10264469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a robust coverage method for relay nodes in a double-layer structure wireless sensor network. The present invention is a local search based relay node 2-coverage deployment algorithm which, by means of reducing the global deployment problem to a local deployment problem, achieves optimal deployment while ensuring robustness. The method specifically comprises two steps: first 1-coverage and second 1-coverage, wherein the first 1-coverage comprises the three steps of construction of relay node candidate deployment locations, grouping of sensor nodes and local deployment of relay nodes, wherein the sensor nodes are grouped by means of a novel grouping method, and the complexity of the algorithm is reduced while ensuring optimal deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Wei Liang, Haibin Yu, Chaofan Ma, Xiaoling Zhang
  • Patent number: 9979563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wireless network technologies, and particularly to a chain-type wireless sensor network-oriented hybrid media access control (MAC) method. The present invention fully considers features of a chained or linear topology of a wireless sensor network applied in power transmission line monitoring and the like, adopts different access policies at different periods of the network, and proposes a method of time division access control Pipelined TDMA during busy periods and contention access control S-XMAC during idle periods. During busy periods, a pipelined scheduling transmission method is used to avoid the problem of hidden terminals so as to improve transmission reliability and resource utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haibin Yu, Wei Liang, Xiaoling Zhang, Chaofan Ma
  • Publication number: 20170339572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a robust coverage method for relay nodes in a double-layer structure wireless sensor network. The present invention is a local search based relay node 2-coverage deployment algorithm which, by means of reducing the global deployment problem to a local deployment problem, achieves optimal deployment whilst ensuring robustness. The method specifically comprises two steps: first 1-coverage and second 1-coverage, wherein the first 1-coverage comprises the three steps of construction of relay node candidate deployment locations, grouping of sensor nodes and local deployment of relay nodes, wherein the sensor nodes are grouped by means of a novel grouping method, and the complexity of the algorithm is reduced whilst ensuring optimal deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Wei LIANG, Haibin Yu, Chaofan MA, Xiaoling ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160134436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wireless network technologies, and particularly to a chain-type wireless sensor network-oriented hybrid media access control (MAC) method. The present invention fully considers features of a chained or linear topology of a wireless sensor network applied in power transmission line monitoring and the like, adopts different access policies at different periods of the network, and proposes a method of time division access control Pipelined TDMA during busy periods and contention access control S-XMAC during idle periods. During busy periods, a pipelined scheduling transmission method is used to avoid the problem of hidden terminals so as to improve transmission reliability and resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haibin YU, Wei LIANG, Xiaoling ZHANG, Chaofan MA