Patents by Inventor Feng Bi

Feng Bi 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: 11729036
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal and a transmission system. In the method, a transmitting node determines a frequency band range in which a carrier is located, and configures or assumes synchronization channel information on the carrier according to the frequency band range, where the synchronization channel information includes at least one of: a subcarrier spacing or orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol information of a synchronization channel; and the transmitting node transmits the synchronization signal using the synchronization channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230254874
    Abstract: Provided are time domain resource determination and detection methods and apparatuses, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes determining a time domain resource allocation pattern set. The time domain resource allocation pattern set includes at least one of a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a combination of a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a second SCS, where the first SCS is an SCS of a first channel signal, and the second SCS is an SCS of a second channel signal; a time domain resource allocation pattern set indicated by downlink control information (DCI) signaling; or a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a slot type. A time domain resource allocation pattern in the time domain resource allocation pattern set is used to indicate symbols occupied by the second channel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Yachao LIANG, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20230247608
    Abstract: Methods and devices for indicating a resource location include a base station sending resource location information to a user equipment (UE). The resource location information at least indicates a frequency-domain location of a first resource according to a frequency domain offset from the first resource to a boundary location of a second resource in a frequency domain, and a bandwidth of the second resource. The second resource can include a synchronization signal (SS) block and the first resource can include a common control resource set. A frequency-domain location of the second resource can be indicated by a frequency domain offset from the second to a reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Feng BI, Peng HAO, Xing LIU
  • Patent number: 11716674
    Abstract: The described technology can be implemented as a wireless communication method in which timing information in a wireless communication network is mapped to a signal. The timing information includes information related to a synchronization signal block index and the signal includes at least one of a reference signal on a broadcast channel and a synchronization signal. The signal is transmitted by including at least a part of the information related to the synchronization signal block index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Ting Miao, Haigang He, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11696294
    Abstract: Provided are time domain resource determination and detection methods and apparatuses, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes determining a time domain resource allocation pattern set. The time domain resource allocation pattern set includes at least one of a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a combination of a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a second SCS, where the first SCS is an SCS of a first channel signal, and the second SCS is an SCS of a second channel signal; a time domain resource allocation pattern set indicated by downlink control information (DCI) signaling; or a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a slot type. A time domain resource allocation pattern in the time domain resource allocation pattern set is used to indicate symbols occupied by the second channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Yachao Liang, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11688539
    Abstract: A structure includes an electronically controllable ferromagnetic oxide structure that includes at least three layers. The first layer comprises STO. The second layer has a thickness of at least about 3 unit cells, said thickness being in a direction substantially perpendicular to the interface between the first and second layers. The third layer is in contact with either the first layer or the second layer or both, and is capable of altering the charge carrier density at the interface between the first layer and the second layer. The interface between the first and second layers is capable of exhibiting electronically controlled ferromagnetism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Jeremy Levy, Feng Bi, Patrick R. Irvin
  • Patent number: 11671221
    Abstract: Provided are a control channel sending method and apparatus, and receiving method and apparatus. The sending method comprises: a first device acquiring resource information about a first type of sending resources of a control channel; the first device determining a second type of sending resources of the control channel according to the resource information about the first type of sending resources, wherein the second type of sending resources are sending resources different from the first type of sending resources; and the first device sending, on the first type of sending resources and the second type of sending resources, the control channel to a second device. The invention solves the technical problem in the related art that the transmission efficiency of a control channel is relatively low due to the fact that a terminal applies a blind detection method to the control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhong Gong, Zhaohua Lu, Shujuan Zhang, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20230156644
    Abstract: Provided are a timing difference determination method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The timing difference determination method includes: determining a timing parameter based on at least one of the following parameters: a parameter related to the timing parameter, a parameter related to a timing advance, or a parameter related to a physical resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Feng BI, Ting MIAO, Weimin XING, Youxiong LU, Wenhao LIU
  • Patent number: 11653359
    Abstract: Provided are time domain resource determination and detection methods and apparatuses, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes determining a time domain resource allocation pattern set. The time domain resource allocation pattern set includes at least one of a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a combination of a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a second SCS, where the first SCS is an SCS of a first channel signal, and the second SCS is an SCS of a second channel signal; a time domain resource allocation pattern set indicated by downlink control information (DCI) signaling; or a time domain resource allocation pattern set corresponding to a slot type. A time domain resource allocation pattern in the time domain resource allocation pattern set is used to indicate symbols occupied by the second channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Yachao Liang, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11652536
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for resource reservations for relay nodes in 5G and New Radio (NR) networks are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes performing a first set of communications between a first relay node and at least one parent of the first relay node using transmission resources that are determined by at least a first type of resources, and performing a second set of communications between the first relay node and at least one child node of the first relay node using transmission resources that are determined by at least a second type of resources. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes receiving a slot format message from a parent of the first relay node, where the slot format message is effective in a time offset, which is based on a hop index of the first relay node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Chuangxin Jiang, Feng Bi, Chenchen Zhang, Shujuan Zhang, Lin Chen, Zhaohua Lu
  • Publication number: 20230106611
    Abstract: Provided are an uplink control receiving method, an uplink control sending method, a base station, a user equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes: specifying a beam direction used for sending an uplink control in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in which the uplink control is located in a transmission unit, and receiving the uplink control according to the specified beam direction used by the uplink control; wherein the specifying the beam direction used for sending the uplink control in the OFDM symbol in which the uplink control is located in the transmission unit comprises: using by default all or at least one of beam directions used for transmitting uplink data in a previous transmission unit as the beam direction used for transmitting the uplink control, wherein the previous transmission unit refers to a transmission unit before the transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Peng Hao
  • Patent number: 11622316
    Abstract: The described technology can be implemented as a wireless communication method in which timing information in a wireless communication network is mapped to a signal. The timing information includes information related to a synchronization signal block index and the signal includes at least one of a reference signal on a broadcast channel and a synchronization signal. The signal is transmitted by including at least a part of the information related to the synchronization signal block index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Peng Hao, Ting Miao, Haigang He, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11617173
    Abstract: Provided is a method Methods and devices for indicating a resource location include a first-type node sending resource location information to a second-type node. The resource location information at least indicates a frequency-domain location of a second resource according to a frequency domain offset from the second resource to a boundary location of a first resource in a frequency domain, and a bandwidth of the second resource. The first resource can include a synchronization signal (SS) block and the second resource can include a common control resource set. A frequency-domain location of the first resource can be indicated by the boundary location of the first resource in a frequency domain and a bandwidth of the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Miao, Feng Bi, Peng Hao, Xing Liu
  • Patent number: 11617157
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are described for performing paging in a wireless communication network. A method includes mapping a paging indication to one or more resource elements. The one or more resource elements are resources in one or more synchronization signal symbols that are not mapped by the synchronization signal. The method includes transmitting the paging indication to trigger a response from a user equipment for performing subsequent paging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Feng Bi, Peng Hao, Jianxun Ai, Dapeng Li, Dong Zhou
  • Patent number: 11611960
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information transmission method and device based on a sweeping block. The method includes: configuring part of or all symbols of a data transmission subframe within a sweeping period as a sweeping block; and carrying a sweeping signal channel in the sweeping block for transmission. The sweeping signal channel refers to a signal or a signal and channel to be transmitted by polling all ports or beams. The above solution can improve flexibility and efficiency of data beam transmission and reduce a latency of traffic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Feng Bi, Junfeng Zhang, Peng Hao, Bo Gao
  • Publication number: 20230083692
    Abstract: Information transmission and reception methods and apparatus are disclosed, where the transmission method includes: carrying configuration information of a control resource set on a physical broadcast channel; where the configuration information is used to indicate to a terminal at least one of the following of the control resource set: time domain position information and frequency domain position information; and transmitting the control resource set to the terminal according to the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Haigang HE, Feng BI
  • Patent number: 11588672
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for digital wireless communication, and more specifically, for initializing and using demodulation reference signals. In one exemplary aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a communication node includes generating a first portion of an initial value of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based, at least in part, on combining a time index and at least a portion of an ID index. The method also includes generating a second portion of the initial value of the DMRS based, at least in part, on the ID index, and generating the initial value of the DMRS by combining at least the first and second portions. The method further includes transmitting or receiving the DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Liu, Peng Hao, Feng Bi, Zhisong Zuo, Ting Miao
  • Patent number: 11581998
    Abstract: Provided are a configuration method and apparatus for a data transmission structure, which include: acquiring a transmission data parameter group, and configuring, according to a preset configuration order, the transmission data parameter group to obtain a transmission unit, where the preset configuration order is a configuration order determined based on a demand of a transmission service. By the present invention, the problem of unable to transmit uplink control due to an unsuccessful CCA in the related art may be solved, thereby improving the frequency spectrum efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20230038686
    Abstract: A system and method for codebook feedback for data retransmissions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by communication device includes: receiving at least one of first downlink information and second downlink information from a communication node, wherein: the first downlink information is received before uplink grant information is received, and the second downlink information is received after the uplink grant information is received; generating at least one hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ ACK), wherein the at least one HARQ ACK comprises at least one of: a first feedback information corresponding to the first downlink information, and a second feedback information corresponding to the second downlink information; and sending the HARQ ACK to the communication node in a feedback slot based on an uplink feedback timing indicated in the uplink grant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Peng Hao, Wei Gou, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 11576147
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transmitting paging information. The method includes: calculating, by a first communication node, a time domain position of a paging occasion (PO) of a second communication node; and transmitting, by the first communication node, paging information to the second communication node within the PO corresponding to the time domain position, where the paging information includes at least one of: paging downlink control information and a paging message, and the PO includes a group of paging resources for transmitting paging information on one or more preset beams or ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Feng Bi, Yu Ngok Li, Peng Hao