Patents by Inventor David Jean-Marie Mazzarese
David Jean-Marie Mazzarese 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: 20190141597Abstract: Notifying served user equipments (UEs) of the presence or absence of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations in the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe can be achieved through various of signaling techniques. The served UE may be notified by communicating a one or multi-bit indicator in a physical layer signaling channel of the serving cell, such as the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the subframe. Alternatively, the served UE may be notified through higher layer signaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Qiang Li, Zheng Yu, Weimin Xiao, Brian Classon
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Publication number: 20190140797Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel-state information process processing method, a network device, and a user equipment, where the channel-state information process processing method includes: after receiving a first channel-state information CSI request sent by a first network device, if CSI corresponding to multiple aperiodic CSI processes has not been reported by a user equipment, dropping CSI corresponding to a part of aperiodic CSI processes among the multiple aperiodic CSI processes, where each CSI process is associated with a channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resource. A problem existing after a CoMP technology is introduced can be solved that the UE cannot implement processing of multiple CSI processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Jingyuan SUN, David Jean-Marie MAZZARESE, Yongxing ZHOU, Liang XIA, Xiaotao REN, Yan CHENG
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Patent number: 10277363Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement transmission method, a user equipment, and a base station. The transmission method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, on a first serving cell and in a downlink subframe n?k, PDSCH transmission or a downlink control channel that indicates downlink SPS release, where a duplex mode of the first serving cell is FDD, or all subframes on the first serving cell are downlink subframes, or one radio frame on the first serving cell includes nine downlink subframes and one special subframe; and transmitting, in an uplink subframe n, an HARQ-ACK response corresponding to the first serving cell and the downlink subframe n?k; where n is an integer, k is a positive integer, k belongs to a set K, and the set K is determined according to first HARQ-ACK timing.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yan Cheng, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese
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Patent number: 10270576Abstract: The present invention discloses an information transmission method, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving indication information sent by a base station, where the indication information is used to indicate a first downlink subframe in which a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) is transmitted; determining the first downlink subframe according to the indication information; and performing information transmission according to the first downlink subframe. According to the information transmission method, the user equipment, and the base station of embodiments of the present invention, indication information is used to indicate a downlink subframe in which a cell-specific reference signal is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yan Cheng, Lixia Xue, David jean-marie Mazzarese, Fredrik Berggren, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 10264583Abstract: The present invention discloses a carrier switching method, a base station, and user equipment, where the method includes: determining, according to carrier switching capability information of user equipment UE, a carrier switching policy according to which the UE performs carrier switching; and sending carrier switching indication information to the UE, where the carrier switching indication information is used for indicating the carrier switching policy, so that the UE performs carrier switching according to the carrier switching policy. In the carrier switching method, the base station and the user equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, the UE having no carrier aggregation capability is enabled to dynamically perform switching between at least two carriers, so that quality of service of a service of the UE can be improved, user experience can be improved, and system performance can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lixia Xue, Lei Guan, David jean-marie Mazzarese, Yongxing Zhou
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Publication number: 20190109607Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a reference signal in a cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band. The method includes determining a candidate resource set that is used when a first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where the candidate resource set includes a preset resource and at least one flexible candidate resource, determining a first candidate resource that is used when the first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where a channel on the unlicensed frequency band corresponding to the first candidate resource is in an idle state, and the first candidate resource is the preset resource or a flexible candidate resource in the candidate resource set, and sending the first reference signal on the first candidate resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Lei Guan, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 10237031Abstract: The present invention provides a method includes: determining, by a base station, MBSFN subframe configuration signaling according to a configuration of a cell, where the MBSFN subframe configuration signaling includes CRS transmission configuration information used to indicate a region for transmitting a CRS in a time domain; sending, the MBSFN subframe configuration signaling to the user equipment; and transmitting a signal. Another method includes: determining configuration signaling according to a configuration of a cell, where the configuration signaling includes configuration information of the cell, transmitted by using a SIB 2 and used to indicate, to user equipment, configuration information of a subframe using an extended CP, or second configuration information of a CP length, used to indicate configuration information of a frequency band using an extended CP and/or a frequency band using a normal CP in at least one subframe; sending the configuration signaling to the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingyuan Sun, Qiang Li, Yongxing Zhou, David jean-marie Mazzarese, Yan Cheng, Lei Guan
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Patent number: 10194365Abstract: Notifying served user equipments (UEs) of the presence or absence of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations in the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe can be achieved through various of signaling techniques. The served UE may be notified by communicating a one or multi-bit indicator in a physical layer signaling channel of the serving cell, such as the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the subframe. Alternatively, the served UE may be notified through higher layer signaling.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Qiang Li, Zheng Yu, Weimin Xiao, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 10171118Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a reference signal in a cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band. The method includes determining a candidate resource set that is used when a first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where the candidate resource set includes a preset resource and at least one flexible candidate resource, determining a first candidate resource that is used when the first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where a channel on the unlicensed frequency band corresponding to the first candidate resource is in an idle state, and the first candidate resource is the preset resource or a flexible candidate resource in the candidate resource set, and sending the first reference signal on the first candidate resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Guan, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 10164749Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel-state information process processing method, a network device, and a user equipment, where the channel-state information process processing method includes: after receiving a first channel-state information CSI request sent by a first network device, if CSI corresponding to multiple aperiodic CSI processes has not been reported by a user equipment, dropping CSI corresponding to a part of aperiodic CSI processes among the multiple aperiodic CSI processes, where each CSI process is associated with a channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resource. A problem existing after a CoMP technology is introduced can be solved that the UE cannot implement processing of multiple CSI processes.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jingyuan Sun, David jean-Marie Mazzarese, Yongxing Zhou, Liang Xia, Xiaotao Ren, Yan Cheng
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Publication number: 20180343656Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and devices for data transmission and assignment of uplink control channel resources in an uplink FDD carrier, for enabling a terminal device to provide HARQ feedback for data transmitted in the downlink using carrier aggregation of a downlink FDD carrier and at least one TDD carrier. A method includes associating each downlink subframe in the downlink FDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, associating each downlink subframe and special subframe in the TDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, assigning uplink control channel resources in the uplink FDD carrier to the terminal device according to the associations, and transmitting data on said downlink FDD carrier and/or TDD carrier, to be received by the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Fredrik Berggren, Yan Cheng, Lixia Xue, David Jean-marie Mazzarese
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Patent number: 10129856Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink control information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by UE in a downlink subframe N, a downlink control channel sent by a base station; sending, by the UE, a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement corresponding to the downlink control channel to the base station in an uplink subframe N+4 by using a PUCCH, where when the uplink subframe N+4 belongs to a first uplink subframe set, the PUCCH is carried on a second serving cell of the UE, and when the uplink subframe N+4 belongs to a second uplink subframe set, the PUCCH is carried on the first serving cell, where a duplexing mode of the first serving cell is different from a duplexing mode of the second serving cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yan Cheng, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Lixia Xue, Brian Classon
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Patent number: 10085203Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, where the method includes: when determining that a first cell enters or prepares to enter a dormant state, sending, by a base station, a first signal to a user equipment (UE) in the first cell, where the first signal carries information about time when the first cell enters the dormant state, for determining, according to the information about the time, that the first cell enters the dormant state; and when determining that the first cell enters an active state from the dormant state, sending, by the base station, a second signal to the user equipment in the first cell, for determining, according to the second signal, that the first cell enters the active state. By using technical solutions provided in the present disclosure, the UE can discover a state change of a cell in time.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lixia Xue, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Lei Guan
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Publication number: 20180262247Abstract: A system and method for feeding back channel information are provided. A method for communications device operations includes generating feedback information, encoding the feedback information to produce a feedback payload, and transmitting the feedback payload to a communications server serving a communications device. The feedback information includes at least a first long term wideband channel statistics and a second long term wideband channel statistics.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Qiang Wu, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Yongxing Zhou, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 10075956Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and devices for data transmission and assignment of uplink control channel resources in an uplink FDD carrier, for enabling a recipient to provide HARQ feedback for data transmitted in the downlink using carrier aggregation of a downlink FDD carrier and at least one TDD carrier. A method includes associating each downlink subframe in the downlink FDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, associating each downlink subframe and special subframe in the TDD carrier with an uplink control channel subframe in the uplink FDD carrier, assigning uplink control channel resources in the uplink FDD carrier to the recipient, according to the made associations, and transmitting data on said downlink FDD carrier and/or TDD carrier, to be received by the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Fredrik Berggren, Yan Cheng, Lixia Xue, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese
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Publication number: 20180254862Abstract: Embodiments relate to a control information transmission method, user equipment, and a base station. The control information transmission method includes: determining, by user equipment, a downlink control information (DCI) format of a downlink control channel corresponding to a first serving cell, where the first serving cell is a serving cell corresponding to the user equipment, and the DCI format is determined using a duplex mode of the first serving cell and a feedback manner of a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to the first serving cell; and detecting, by the user equipment, the downlink control channel according to the determined DCI format.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Yan Cheng, Bo Li, David jean-marie Mazzarese, Lixia Xue
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Patent number: 10045986Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for radio resource management measurement. The method includes: determining, by a UE according to a detected first reference signal, a first resource on which the detected first reference signal is located; determining, by the UE, a reference signal received power RSRP of a target cell according to a received power of the detected first reference signal carried on the first resource; determining, by the UE, a second resource; determining, by the UE, a received signal strength indicator RSSI of the target cell according to a total received power on the second resource; and determining, by the UE, reference signal received quality RSRQ or a signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the target cell or both according to the RSRP and RSSI. The method is applied to radio resource management measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lei Guan, Lixia Xue, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese
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Patent number: 10038541Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an interference measurement method, a base station, and a user equipment. The method includes: determining, by a user equipment, a first resource for interference measurement in a first subframe or determining a second resource not for interference measurement in the first subframe according to at least one of the zero-power CSI-RS configuration information, the non-zero power CSI-RS configuration information, and the CSI-IM configuration information; and performing interference measurement on the first resource, or performing no interference measurement on the second resource. The embodiments of the present invention can improve precision of interference measurement.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liang Xia, Yongxing Zhou, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Jingyuan Sun
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Patent number: 10014986Abstract: Method comprises determining a first HARQ timing wherein an association determines which UL subframes in the TDD carrier that are defined for transmitting HARQ on an UL control channel for an associated set of DL subframes in the FDD carrier, determining a second HARQ timing, wherein an association determines which UL subframes that are defined for transmitting HARQ on an UL shared channel for an associated set of DL subframes in the FDD carrier, resulting in a first set of UL subframes for which the physical UL shared channel is enabled to comprise HARQ, and a second set of UL subframes is not comprising HARQ, and assigning UL channel resources for the HARQ feedback on the physical UL shared channel in said first set of UL subframes, according to said second DL HARQ timing, when there is no UL control channel assigned according to said first DL HARQ timing.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fredrik Berggren, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Yan Cheng
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Patent number: 10009086Abstract: A system and method for feeding back channel information are provided. A method for communications device operations includes generating feedback information, encoding the feedback information to produce a feedback payload, and transmitting the feedback payload to a communications server serving a communications device. The feedback information includes at least a first long term wideband channel statistics and a second long term wideband channel statistics.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Pengfei Xia, Qiang Wu, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Yongxing Zhou, Yang Tang