Patents by Inventor Feifei Sun

Feifei Sun 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: 20260150132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving first information for enabling multiplexing of uplink control information (UCI) with different priorities; and transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using a PUCCH resource. In case that the PUCCH includes UCI of a first priority and UCI of a second priority, a transmission power for the PUCCH is determined assuming that the PUCCH includes only the UCI of the first priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12641553
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method of a user equipment (UE) is provided, which the method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information associated with at least one non-cell defining-synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB). The method comprises identifying configurations for the at least one NCD-SSB based on the received configuration information, wherein the configurations for the at least one NCD-SSB includes configuration of a frequency domain, configuration of a period and configuration of a time domain for the at least one NCD-SSB. The method comprises receiving the at least one NCD-SSB on a resource based on the identified configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Publication number: 20260143469
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, apparatus, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium, and the method realizes an accurate and efficient generation of inter-node coordination information (INCI) based on a suitable time-frequency resource range, by determining a content of INCI and determining a resource for transmitting the INCI, and transmits the INCI to a node that needs the information within a suitable time range, such that other nodes can use the INCI in the time range that meets their needs in the process of determining transmission resources to the other nodes, so as to effectively improve reliability of a communication system without over-increasing overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Miao ZHOU, Min WU, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12634980
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An embodiment of the present application provides a method for information transmission and device. The method is applied to a first node. The method includes: obtaining, from a second node, a latency requirement of information to be forwarded and the information to be forwarded; and forwarding, to a third node, the information to be forwarded according to the latency requirement of information to be forwarded. In the present application the first node forwards the information to be forwarded to the third node according to the latency requirement of the information to be forwarded, thereby satisfying the needs of services with higher latency requirements. Provided is a method and device for transmitting a PUSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingxing Fu, Miao Zhou, Feifei Sun, Min Wu, Yi Wang, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 12634814
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The communication method includes transmitting a request signaling to a base station to request the base station to perform at least one of the following operations, transmitting at least one downlink signal, receiving at least one uplink signal, and entering an active state. In accordance with the embodiments of the disclosure, the influence of the dormancy of the base station on user experience and transmission delay is reduced when the base station enters a dormant state to reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun, Sa Zhang
  • Publication number: 20260135652
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure provides a method and device for receiving and transmitting information and/or signals, which can improve the performance of cell switch by improving the measurement, reporting and indication of reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Feifei SUN, Jingxing FU, Bin YU
  • Patent number: 12628175
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method and an electronic equipment are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information of periodical physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, wherein within each cycle of the configuration comprises a first time window and/or a second time window, and according to the configuration information, performing PDCCH monitoring on type 3 common search space (CSS) and UE-specific search space (USS) in the first time window, and/or, skipping PDCCH monitoring on type 3 CSS and USS in the second time window. By the embodiments of the disclosure, the user equipment (UE) periodically performs PDCCH monitoring and/or skips PDCCH monitoring to achieve the objective of power-saving, and it is avoided that UE cannot timely receive scheduling information to thereby cause data transmission delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12627453
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services The disclosure provides a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the UE, including: receiving downlink data and/or downlink control signaling from a base station; and transmitting uplink data and/or uplink control signaling to the base station based on the downlink data and/or downlink control signaling received from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Feifei Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Publication number: 20260129494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a UE performing the method. The method includes receiving a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration, wherein the CSI reporting configuration is associated with a resource set for channel measurement; reporting X first CSI report(s), wherein CSI in each of the X first CSI report(s) is for reporting inference and/or prediction and is associated with F time instance(s), F?1; reporting a second CSI report, wherein CSI in the second CSI report is determined based on comparison of a resource associated with a resource indicator included in CSI associated with each time instance in each of the X first CSI report(s) with a resource determined based on measurement of the resource set for channel measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Feifei SUN, Sa ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12615622
    Abstract: A resource assignment method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The resource assignment method includes determining a target resource set for data transmission at a first time unit, selecting the earliest resource in time from the target resource set, wherein the selected resource is located at a second time unit, determining, at the second time unit and/or between the first time unit and the second time unit, whether the selected resource at the second time unit is available, and determining whether data is transmitted on the selected resource at the second time unit based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun, Miao Zhou, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 12604305
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, first information associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with hybrid automatic request—acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK); receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); identifying the PUCCH resource based on second information associated with HARQ-ACK which is obtained from the first information, and third information associated with uplink control information (UCI); transmitting, to the base station, HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCH and at least one scheduling request (SR) via the identified PUCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Feifei Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Patent number: 12598551
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user equipment (UE), a base station and methods thereof, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: monitoring a WUS; performing at least one of the following actions, based on a detected WUS: initiating or not starting a DRX-onDurationTimer at a start position of a corresponding DRX cycle; starting a DRX timer after a first preset interval following the WUS, wherein, the UE monitors a PDCCH during the operation of the DRX timer; starting the PDCCH monitoring after a second preset interval following the WUS; entering into a non-power-saving state from a power-saving state after a third preset interval following the WUS, wherein the UE does not transmit and receive signals and/or channels other than the WUS in the power-saving state, and the UE is able to transmit and receive signals and/or channels in the non-power-saving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12593358
    Abstract: A method and a terminal for determining a sidelink resource are disclosed. The method includes: determining a first sensing window, performing channel sensing in the first sensing window, and determining, in a transmission window, a sidelink resource for transmitting a sidelink transmission according to a result of the channel sensing, wherein the transmission window is used for transmitting the sidelink transmission. The disclosure determines a range of channel sensing, so that the power consumption of a UE monitoring a sidelink is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miao Zhou, Feifei Sun, Min Wu
  • Patent number: 12587869
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Methods and devices are provided in a communication system. A method performed by a transmitter in a communication system. Configuration information of a reference signal for carrier phase-based positioning is transmitted to a receiver. The reference signal for carrier phase-based positioning is transmitted to the receiver. A measurement result that is based on the reference signal for carrier phase-based positioning is received from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Pengru Li, Qi Xiong, Feifei Sun
  • Publication number: 20260082416
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Min WU, Miao ZHOU, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12581491
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission method of an uplink control channel, a corresponding user equipment, a base station and a computer-readable medium. The transmission method of the uplink control channel comprising: obtaining configuration information related to a nominal repetition; determining resource locations of one or more actual repetitions according to the configuration information related to the nominal repetition; and transmitting information according to the resource locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feifei Sun, Yi Wang, Sa Zhang, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 12574975
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method, a user equipment (UE), a base station, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes receiving, by a UE, information related to physical random access channel (PRACH) resources, determining available PRACH resources in an energy saving state and/or non-energy saving state of a base station, and then transmitting a PRACH to the base station based on the available PRACH resources and the state of the base station. The method may reduce the amount of PRACH resources to be monitored by the base station, thereby achieving the purpose of saving power on the base station side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Sa Zhang, Qi Xiong, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12574851
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data. transmission rate. Disclosed is a low-power wake-up signal, a method, and a device using the same, in which the method that is performed by a user equipment (UE) includes monitoring the wake-up signal in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected mode, with the wake-up signal including a single wake-up signal or a wake-up signal set consisting of multiple wake-up signals; and, based on a result of the monitoring of wake-up signal, deciding whether to monitor a corresponding paging occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12568494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, user equipment (UE) capability information indicating that the UE supports a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) between a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a group-common PDSCH in a slot and receiving, from the base station, a first PDSCH that is the unicast PDSCH and a second PDSCH that is the group-common PDSCH, which are FDMed in the slot based on the UE capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12568488
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to embodiments of the disclosure, methods and devices for efficient uplink and downlink transmission are provided, so that delay can be reduced and reliability can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Feifei Sun