Patents by Inventor Der-Zheng Liu

Der-Zheng Liu 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: 20240323830
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver device includes a communication module and a processor. The communication module is used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals. The processor is coupled to the communication module and configured to perform the following operations in accordance with a predetermined condition: determining candidate transmission modes according to a current transmission mode of the communication module, in which a packet error rate of the communication module is less than an error rate threshold in each candidate transmission mode; and determining one of the candidate transmission modes with a least power consumption value as a subsequent transmission mode of the communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Der-Zheng LIU, Wei-Hsuan CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240306075
    Abstract: A method of handling wireless transmissions in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, by a first wireless communication device, an announcement packet, in which the announcement packet includes a source network identifier, a permitted network identifier, a permitted transmission power level corresponding to the permitted network identifier, and a channel access delay corresponding to the permitted network identifier; starting, by a second wireless communication device with the source network identifier, a first transmission at a normal transmission power level; and starting, by a third wireless communication device with the permitted network identifier, a second transmission at a limited power level not higher than the permitted transmission power level after the channel access delay from a time at which the first wireless communication device starts transmitting the announcement packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: John Timothy COFFEY, Der-Zheng LIU
  • Publication number: 20240267945
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a wireless communication system having reliable network medium access mechanism that includes a station apparatus and an access point apparatus. The station apparatus is arranged to transmit a stub signal for signaling a data transmission to be performed, wherein the stub signal does not include information of the data transmission. The access point apparatus is arranged to receive the stub signal and transmit a transmission polling signal for signaling a permitted time period so as to permit the station apparatus to perform the data transmission in the permitted time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: JOHN TIMOTHY COFFEY, DER-ZHENG LIU
  • Patent number: 11431440
    Abstract: An iterative detection and decoding (IDD) circuit is provided. The iterative detection and decoding (IDD) circuit is configured to perform M outer iterations on a received signal, and Ni inner iterations are performed during the ith outer iteration of the M outer iterations, where M is an integer greater than 1, i is an integer less than or equal to M, and N1 to NM are integers and include at least two different values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiang Yang, Yao-Pin Wang, Chi-Chih Wen, Der-Zheng Liu, Chung-Jung Huang
  • Patent number: 11271678
    Abstract: An encoding method for a wireless local area network includes encoding a packet via a cyclic coding scheme into a first amount of multiple first blocks; processing each of the first amount of the first blocks into a second amount of multiple second blocks; and encoding the second amount of the second blocks via a block coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11152963
    Abstract: A method of determining CCA (clear channel assessment) policy, applied in a communication system including multiple devices, is provided. The method includes the following steps: the devices broadcasting multiple policy indications, in which the devices include a coordinating device, multiple neighboring devices and multiple local client devices, the local client devices associate with the coordinating device to form a network, and the neighboring devices operate within at least one neighboring network; the coordinating device obtaining multiple neighboring policy indications from multiple neighboring frames transmitted by the neighboring devices; and the coordinating device determining whether to change a coordinating policy indication corresponding to the coordinating device according to the neighboring policy indications. A policy indication of a device indicates a policy among multiple CCA policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu, Hsuan-Yen Chung
  • Publication number: 20210226728
    Abstract: An encoding method includes the following steps: encoding a packet via a cyclic coding scheme into a first amount of multiple first blocks; processing each of the first amount of the first blocks into a second amount of multiple second blocks; and encoding the second amount of the second blocks via a block coding scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10979110
    Abstract: A cooperative precoding method, applied in a communication system comprising a coordinating device and multiple serving stations, is provided. The cooperative precoding method includes the following steps: the coordinating device obtaining multiple carrier frequency offset (CFO) parameters of the serving stations with respect to a user device; generating multiple cooperative encoded sequences; assigning the cooperative encoded sequences to the serving stations, respectively, according to an order of the plurality of CFO parameters; and the plurality of serving stations transmitting the cooperative encoded sequences, respectively, to the user device. Each cooperative encoded sequence is transmitted over multiple subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiu Zeng, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10973054
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless transceiver and a wireless communication method capable of reducing signal interference originated from a neighboring channel, in which the difference between the central frequency of the neighboring channel and the central frequency of a target channel is less than a frequency difference threshold and/or the energy of an interference signal of the neighboring channel is greater than a signal energy threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10911079
    Abstract: A transmitter operating in a communication system is provided. The transmitter includes an encoding circuit and a modulation circuit. The transmitter is configured to generate multiple encoded bits according to an encoding relationship, in which the encoding relationship is corresponding to a code rate and a minimum distance, and the minimum distance is greater than a reciprocal of the code rate. The modulation circuit is configured to generate a transmission signal according to the encoded bits, such that the encoded bits are transmitted over multiple subcarriers, and each encoded bit is transmitted via a subcarrier. The encoding relationship is corresponding to multiple output codewords, and the minimum distance represents a minimum Hamming distance between two distinct output codewords. One of the output codewords includes the encoded bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu, Hsuan-Yen Chung
  • Publication number: 20210006304
    Abstract: A cooperative precoding method, applied in a communication system comprising a coordinating device and multiple serving stations, is provided. The cooperative precoding method includes the following steps: the coordinating device obtaining multiple carrier frequency offset (CFO) parameters of the serving stations with respect to a user device; generating multiple cooperative encoded sequences; assigning the cooperative encoded sequences to the serving stations, respectively, according to an order of the plurality of CFO parameters; and the plurality of serving stations transmitting the cooperative encoded sequences, respectively, to the user device. Each cooperative encoded sequence is transmitted over multiple subcarriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiu Zeng, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10887929
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resource allocation method. The resource allocation method includes the following steps: selecting multiple first selected virtual nodes according to multiple virtual pheromonal trails on multiple virtual edges, in which the first selected virtual nodes forms at least one virtual tour, and the virtual tour includes multiple first virtual edges; updating the virtual pheromonal trails on the virtual edges according to virtual distances corresponding to the first virtual edges of the virtual tour; selecting multiple second selected virtual nodes according to the updated virtual pheromonal trails on the virtual edges, in which the second selected virtual nodes form at least one resulting virtual tour; allocating the resource blocks to selected user pairs according to the resulting virtual tour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Lai, Hsuan-Jung Su, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10880931
    Abstract: A user pairing method is provided. The method includes the following steps: selecting a first uplink user device among the uplink set; selecting a first downlink user device among the downlink set; determining whether the first uplink channel gain corresponding to the first uplink user device is greater than a second uplink channel gain corresponding to the first downlink user device, to generate a first determination result; determining whether a first signal to noise plus interference ratio (SINR) perceived at the first downlink user device is greater than a first SINR threshold, to generate a second determination result; forming the first uplink user device and the first downlink user device as a first user pair in a full duplexing (FD) mode when the first determination result and the second first determination result are positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Jung Su, Yao-Yuan Chang, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20200404705
    Abstract: A method of determining CCA (clear channel assessment) policy, applied in a communication system including multiple devices, is provided. The method includes the following steps: the devices broadcasting multiple policy indications, in which the devices include a coordinating device, multiple neighboring devices and multiple local client devices, the local client devices associate with the coordinating device to form a network, and the neighboring devices operate within at least one neighboring network; the coordinating device obtaining multiple neighboring policy indications from multiple neighboring frames transmitted by the neighboring devices; and the coordinating device determining whether to change a coordinating policy indication corresponding to the coordinating device according to the neighboring policy indications. A policy indication of a device indicates a policy among multiple CCA policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu, Hsuan-Yen Chung
  • Publication number: 20200403648
    Abstract: A transmitter operating in a communication system is provided. The transmitter includes an encoding circuit and a modulation circuit. The transmitter is configured to generate multiple encoded bits according to an encoding relationship, in which the encoding relationship is corresponding to a code rate and a minimum distance, and the minimum distance is greater than a reciprocal of the code rate. The modulation circuit is configured to generate a transmission signal according to the encoded bits, such that the encoded bits are transmitted over multiple subcarriers, and each encoded bit is transmitted via a subcarrier. The encoding relationship is corresponding to multiple output codewords, and the minimum distance represents a minimum Hamming distance between two distinct output codewords. One of the output codewords includes the encoded bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: John Timothy Coffey, Der-Zheng Liu, Hsuan-Yen Chung
  • Patent number: 10856204
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a network master device and a network communication method for realizing a cooperative service set, in which the network master device and the network communication method are capable of controlling wireless serving devices to have them keep wireless connections with a wireless terminal device concurrently. An embodiment of the network master device includes a control circuit configured to execute the following steps: receiving uplink packets come from wireless serving devices respectively, and transmitting a transmission packet to an external network according to at least one of the uplink packets, in which a source address of each of the uplink packets is an address of a wireless terminal device; and transmitting at least one downlink packet to at least one of the wireless serving devices, in which a destination address of each the downlink packet is the address of the wireless terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Der-Zheng Liu, Ming-Yuh Yeh
  • Publication number: 20200295864
    Abstract: An iterative detection and decoding (IDD) circuit is provided. The iterative detection and decoding (IDD) circuit is configured to perform M outer iterations on a received signal, and Ni inner iterations are performed during the ith outer iteration of the M outer iterations, where M is an integer greater than 1, i is an integer less than or equal to M, and N1 to NM are integers and include at least two different values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiang YANG, Yao-Pin Wang, Chi-Chih Wen, Der-Zheng Liu, Chung-Jung Huang
  • Patent number: 10716121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a receiver. The receiver comprises an antenna, configured to receive a received signal on a downlink direction, wherein the received signal comprises an interfering downlink signal and a desired downlink signal; and a detecting circuit, coupled to the antenna, configured to perform a multiuser detection operation on the received signal on the downlink direction to generate a detected interfering signal and a detected desired signal; wherein the desired downlink signal is transmitted by a first station, intended for the receiver, and generated according to a first modulation order; wherein the interfering downlink signal is transmitted by a second station, intended for a second receiver other than the receiver, and generated according to a second modulation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiu Zeng, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20200119900
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resource allocation method. The resource allocation method includes the following steps: selecting multiple first selected virtual nodes according to multiple virtual pheromonal trails on multiple virtual edges, in which the first selected virtual nodes forms at least one virtual tour, and the virtual tour includes multiple first virtual edges; updating the virtual pheromonal trails on the virtual edges according to virtual distances corresponding to the first virtual edges of the virtual tour; selecting multiple second selected virtual nodes according to the updated virtual pheromonal trails on the virtual edges, in which the second selected virtual nodes form at least one resulting virtual tour; allocating the resource blocks to selected user pairs according to the resulting virtual tour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Lai, Hsuan-Jung Su, Der-Zheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20200120722
    Abstract: A user pairing method is provided. The method includes the following steps: selecting a first uplink user device among the uplink set; selecting a first downlink user device among the downlink set; determining whether the first uplink channel gain corresponding to the first uplink user device is greater than a second uplink channel gain corresponding to the first downlink user device, to generate a first determination result; determining whether a first signal to noise plus interference ratio (SINR) perceived at the first downlink user device is greater than a first SINR threshold, to generate a second determination result; forming the first uplink user device and the first downlink user device as a first user pair in a full duplexing (FD) mode when the first determination result and the second first determination result are positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hsuan-Jung Su, Yao-Yuan Chang, Der-Zheng Liu