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).

  • Publication number: 20210084693
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes configuring, by a first communication node, a first set of parameters related to random access procedure by a second communication node on a first communication link between the first communication node and the second communication node, and receiving, from the second communication node, a random access signal that uses the first set of parameters on the first communication link. The first communication node also provides wireless connectivity to a third communication node via a second communication link that shares at least some transmission resources with the first communication link. The first set of parameters includes one or more of a random access format, a random access sequence index set, a random access sequence root sequence index, a random access cyclic shift, and random access time-frequency resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Junfeng ZHANG, Feng BI, Peng HAO
  • Publication number: 20210075659
    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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhong Gong, Zhaohua Lu, Shujuan Zhang, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20210075576
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wei GOU, Feng BI
  • Patent number: 10944519
    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: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210058208
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for transmitting time domain location information for a common control block on a physical broadcast channel via a plurality of antenna ports are provided. The common control block is transmitted according to the time domain location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Haigang HE, Peng HAO, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20210045098
    Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method and device. The method includes that a base station configures, in multiplexing downlink control information (DCI), instruction information for instructing a user equipment (UE) that includes different types to act; and the base station sends the multiplexing DCI to the UE. The multiplexing DCI is DCI that multiplexes DCI of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and the multiplexing DCI is the DCI of the PDSCH in response to being scrambled by a preset radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) and is paging DCI in response to being scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), where the preset RNTI is an RNTI excluding the P-RNTI. Instruction information is set in multiplexing DCI to instruct a UE that includes different types to act to switch a paging mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng BI, Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Haigang HE, Wenhao LIU
  • Patent number: 10917887
    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: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Feng Bi, Junfeng Zhang, Peng Hao, Bo Gao
  • Patent number: 10912038
    Abstract: Provided is an uplink scheduling method and apparatus. The method includes that a User Equipment (UE) receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) sent by a base station, and the UE sends an uplink channel or/and an uplink signal and determines transmit power of the channel or/and the signal according to configuration information of the base station and the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Focai Peng, Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Yajun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10911282
    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: January 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhong Gong, Zhaohua Lu, Shujuan Zhang, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 10892870
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for transmitting time domain location information for a common control block on a physical broadcast channel via a plurality of antenna ports are provided. The common control block is transmitted according to the time domain location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Liu, Haigang He, Peng Hao, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20210007086
    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: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Haigang HE, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20200374170
    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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Wenhao LIU, Peng HAO, Feng BI, Zhisong ZUO, Ting MIAO
  • Patent number: 10849120
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for determining a size of a feedback signal in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving first downlink control information having a first format and second downlink control information having a second format from a wireless communication node; receiving a plurality of transport blocks from the wireless communication node; and transmitting a plurality of feedback signals to the wireless communication node. Each of the plurality of transport blocks is scheduled by one of the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information. Each of the plurality of feedback signals has the same size and corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of transport blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Peng Hao, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20200366420
    Abstract: A data acknowledgement information generation and feedback method is provided. The method includes steps described below. UE determines an actual valid CBG level HARQ-ACK bit of a transmission block according to a number of CBGs actually scheduled in last transmission of the transmission block or according to a number of CBGs actually scheduled in initial transmission of the transmission block, generates and transmits an HARQ-ACK containing the actual valid CBG level HARQ-ACK bit. A data acknowledgement information receiving method, a data acknowledgement information generation and feedback device, a data acknowledgement information receiving device, a UE, a base station and a storage medium are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Peng Hao, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20200344671
    Abstract: A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: transmitting a message to a wireless communication device through a first channel. In some embodiments, the message indicates a portion of system information that is configured to be transmitted through a second channel different from the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Haigang HE, Peng HAO, Feng BI, Xing LIU
  • Patent number: 10819486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission method. The method comprises: determining a resource on an unlicensed carrier for transmitting an SRS; and transmitting the SRS according to the determined resource. The invention solves a problem in the prior art in which transmitting an SRS on an unlicensed carrier is less feasible, thereby increasing feasibility of transmitting an SRS on an unlicensed carrier. Also disclosed are an SRS reception method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ling Yang, Wei Gou, Yajun Zhao, Focai Peng, Feng Bi
  • Patent number: 10813129
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sending and receiving uplink data, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The method comprises: determining, according to a self-defined instruction message or an instruction message received from a base station, a start symbol position or the start symbol position and an end symbol position for transmitting a subframe on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on an unlicensed carrier; and sending uplink data according to the start symbol position or according to the start symbol position and the end symbol position. By means of the embodiments of the present invention, the problem of failing to determine the time point of transmitting uplink data on an unlicensed carrier by a terminal is resolved, thereby achieving the effect of determining the time point of transmitting the uplink data on the unlicensed carrier by the terminal, and providing the effect of improving the data transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xincai Li, Yajun Zhao, Wei Gou, Focai Peng, Feng Bi, Ling Yang
  • Publication number: 20200329493
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for configuring contention-based access parameters of a Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) device. The method includes: determining, according to different priority classes, different Listen Before Talk (LBT) mechanisms or different LBT mechanism parameter sets corresponding to the different priority classes; executing contention-based access to an unlicensed carrier by using the different LBT mechanisms or the different LBT mechanism parameter sets corresponding to the different priority classes; and when a right of using the unlicensed carrier is successfully gained based on a used LBT mechanism or a used LBT mechanism parameter set, transmitting data by utilizing the unlicensed carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ling YANG, Wei GOU, Focai PENG, Feng BI, Xincai LI, Yajun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200328869
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and determining timing information, a storage medium, and a processor. The transmitting method includes: carrying timing information by using a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), where the timing information is used to indicate a terminal to determine a time domain location; and transmitting the DMRS carrying the timing information to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Feng BI, Ting MIAO
  • Publication number: 20200314845
    Abstract: Provided is a method for indicating a resource location. The method includes: sending, by a first-type node, resource location information to a second-type node, the resource location information at least indicates a frequency-domain location of a resource, where the frequency-domain location includes at least one of: a frequency-domain location of a first resource or a frequency-domain location of a second resource, and the first resource or the second resource includes at least one of: a bandwidth part (BWP), a resource occupied by a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or a common control resource set. Also provided are a device for indicating a resource location, and a method, device, terminal, base station, processor, and storage medium for receiving a resource location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Feng BI, Peng HAO, Xing LIU