Patents by Inventor Guangming Shi

Guangming Shi 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: 20150230194
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) applies an uplink timing adjustment during a high speed data call to allow uplink transmission of different UEs to arrive at a base station at a particular estimated time. In one instance, the UE determines whether a downlink (DL) timing varies more than a predetermined amount within a specified time period. The UE applies a timing advance command received in response to a scheduling request when the timing varies more than the predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Patent number: 9094883
    Abstract: An apparatus and method enable mobile user equipment to return to a first cell after attempting a baton handover to a second cell. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of wireless communication in a cellular network including a source cell and a target cell is disclosed. Here, the method includes switching transmission of an uplink from the source cell to the target cell while maintaining a downlink with the source cell, determining to return the transmission of the uplink to the source cell, and returning the transmission of the uplink from the target cell to the source cell. In some aspects, the method may further include switching reception of a downlink from the source cell to the target cell, determining to return the reception of the downlink to the source cell, and returning the reception of the downlink from the target cell to the source cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150201448
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication manages the positioning of uplink pilot channel transmissions. A random access request is transmitted at a first location indicated in a circuit switched fall back (CSFB) redirection message. The random access request is then retransmitted at a second location when a response is not received for the random access request transmitted at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150201390
    Abstract: An apparatus and method adaptively vary how often to adjust uplink timing in a wireless network. The frequency for adjusting uplink timing is varied based on a measured path loss and/or downlink timing variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Patent number: 9084151
    Abstract: Wireless communication in a multicarrier radio access network may be implemented where a user equipment (UE) maintains communication with various carrier frequencies in the multicarrier network. The UE will receive an indication from a node B to measure a signal quality on one of a number of carrier frequencies in the network. The UE will then measure the signal quality on the carrier frequency based on measurements using a downlink synchronization code transmitted by the node B on the downlink pilot channel of the carrier frequencies in the multicarrier network. The UE may then report the channel quality back to the node B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporation
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9084262
    Abstract: Wireless communication in a radio access network may be implemented where a user equipment (UE) sends a hold signal to a Node B indicating that data transmission to the UE is to be put on hold. The UE may resume data transmission from the Node B by sending a resume signal to the Node B. During the hold in transmission, the UE may measure a GSM network to assist in handover of the UE between a TD-SCDMA network and a GSM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9084184
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may be capable of communication on multiple radio access networks. A UE may be in simultaneous communication with one radio access network, such as TD-SCDMA for circuit-switched voice calls and with another radio access network, such as TDD-LTE for packet-switched data communications. When the TDD-LTE network is idle, the UE may evaluate signal strength of the respective network for potential cell reselection. The UE may measure only a serving TD-SCDMA cell for purposes of switching packet-switched service to the TD-SCDMA network, thereby avoiding a situation where the UE attempts to connect to a different TD-SCDMA cell for purposes of packet-switched communications than the cell presently affiliated with the UE for circuit-switched communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9084216
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which the method of wireless communication includes identifying a reference cell; selecting a plurality of candidate cells based on a criteria; determining a characteristic for the reference cell and the plurality of candidate cells; and setting a position based on the determined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9078179
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) considers both the signal strength in time slot zero and the signal quality of the downlink traffic time slots when determining whether to send an IRAT measurement report to trigger IRAT handover to GSM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Tom Chin, Guangming Shi
  • Publication number: 20150180615
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes determining when all HARQ processes are associated with packages for retransmission. The method also includes determining when no new packages are pending in a UE buffer and when a received grant is insufficient for retransmission of any of the HARQ processes. The method further includes determining possible block sizes supported by each allocated time slot identified in the received grant. The method still further includes retransmitting the package of a selected HARQ process with maximum available power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150181618
    Abstract: A user equipment may improve throughput between the user equipment and a nodeB by reducing a delay associated with transmitting new scheduling information. In some instances, when scheduling information changes during or prior to the retransmission of the previous scheduling information, the user equipment aborts a retransmission of the previous scheduling information and initiates a new scheduling information transmission using a scheduling grant received at the time of aborting or after the time of aborting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150180613
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving an uplink grant for one or more pending HARQ processes waiting to perform a retransmission. The method also includes selecting each pending HARQ process that has not received a NACK. The method further includes terminating an oldest selected HARQ process when the uplink grant is insufficient to perform the retransmission for the plurality of pending HARQ processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150181478
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) combines baton and hard handover procedures to reduce handover latency, and improve throughput. In one instance, the UE receives a handover command and in response, substantially simultaneously initiates both a hard handover procedure and a baton handover procedure. When a hard handover response is received before a baton handover response, the UE continues with the hard handover procedure and then aborts the baton handover procedure. When the baton handover response is received before a hard handover response, the UE continues with the baton handover procedure and then aborts the hard handover procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150181476
    Abstract: In baton handover in TD-SCDMA communications, a user equipment (UE) may use of a single receiver to reduce call drops during baton handover. Following uplink handover, the UE may simultaneously receive downlink communication from a target cell and a source cell when a condition is satisfied. If the UE measures a signal quality of the downlink communication of the target cell greater than a signal quality of the downlink communication of the source cell, the UE switches to the target cell and completes the handover. If the UE measures a signal quality of the downlink communication of the source cell greater than a signal quality of the downlink communication of the target cell, the UE returns the uplink to the source cell and terminates the handover. Thus the UE may avoid handover to a target cell with poor signal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150172023
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving an uplink grant when a plurality of pending HARQ processes are waiting to perform retransmission. The method also includes selecting a HARQ process, from the plurality of pending HARQ processes, to terminate early based at least in part on an associated quality of service parameter. The method further includes terminating the selected HARQ process when the uplink grant is insufficient to perform the retransmission for the plurality of pending HARQ processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150153227
    Abstract: A compressive sensing-based multispectral video imager comprises a beamsplitter, a first light channel, a second light channel, and an image reconstruction processor; the beamsplitter is configured to divide the beam of an underlying image into a first light beam and a second light beam; the first light beam enters the first light channel, processed and sampled in the first light channel, to obtain a first mixing spectral image which is transferred to the image reconstruction processor; the second light beam enters the second light channel, processed and sampled in the second light channel, to obtain a second mixing spectral image which is transferred to the image reconstruction processor; the image reconstruction processor is configured to reconstruct the underlying spectral image based on the first mixing spectral image and the second mixing spectral image by using non-linear optimization method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: XIDIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guangming Shi, Lizhi Wang, Danhua Liu, Dahua Gao, Guo Li, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 9049630
    Abstract: Handover processes in multi-carrier carrier time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems include a two-step handover process. When handover of a user equipment is warranted, a hard handover is performed within a source cell of the system from a first frequency to a second frequency. A baton handover is then performed from the second frequency at the source cell to the second frequency at a target cell. In another aspect, a user equipment receives an assignment of an uplink time slot at a target cell that was selected to prevent the uplink time slot from being proximal to a downlink time slot of a source cell. The user equipment then performs the inter-frequency baton handover using the uplink time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150146684
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may adjust its uplink transmission power and timing for communications with a target cell while awaiting completion of a baton handover procedure. The amount of adjustments for the uplink transmission power/timing may be based on an amount of time remaining before baton handover failure is declared. The steps size of the adjustments may increase as the time remaining before handover failure becomes smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150146551
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication increases the gap length for performing IRAT measurements. When a radio bearer transmission time interval (TTI) length is greater than an initial gap length, the gap length is increased to provide additional time for performing IRAT measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150148039
    Abstract: An optimized strategy for preparing measurement reports in a telecommunication system separates searching and measuring of candidate frequencies for device handover, searching a series of frequencies and then determining which frequencies to measure based on the search results. The search results may be sorted, prioritizing the order measurements are undertaken. Preliminary results may be used to determine that a frequency is a poor handover candidate, advancing to the next frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI