Patents by Inventor Guodong Zhang
Guodong Zhang 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).
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Publication number: 20250261269Abstract: An apparatus in accordance with the present application may monitor a sidelink (SL) connection. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives signals in a protocol stack to perform SL-radio link monitoring (SL-RLM), and determines, according to the signals, whether a SL-radio link failure (RLF) has occurred. The signals may include hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. In a case that the signals include a HARQ-NACK, the processing circuitry determines that the SL-RLF has occurred. The processing circuitry further receives configuration information related to the SL-RLM for the signals, the configuration information including configurations for measurement quantities of the signals and a condition for declaring SL-RLF, configures, according to the configuration information, lower layers of the protocol stack for the SL-RLM for the signals, and performs SL-RLM measurements of the measurement quantities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Applicant: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Rocco DI GIROLAMO, Pascal M. ADJAKPLE, Patrick SVEDMAN, Qing LI, Zhuo CHEN, Catalina Mihaela MLADIN, Allan Y. TSAI, Guodong ZHANG
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Publication number: 20250254692Abstract: In a wireless communication system comprising at least one evolved Node-B (eNB) and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), a non-contention based (NCB) channel is established, maintained, and utilized. The NCB channel is allocated for use by one or more WTRUs in the system for utilization in a variety of functions, and the allocation is communicated to the WTRUs. The wireless communication system analyzes the allocation of the NCB channel as required, and the NCB channel is reallocated as required.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Arty Chandra, Jin Wang, John S. Chen, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250254013Abstract: Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Joseph Levy, Kyle Pan, Philip Pietraski, Guodong Zhang
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Patent number: 12375789Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic device includes a first housing; one or more camera modules; a lifting drive mechanism configured to drive the one or more camera modules to be lifted up and down inside or outside the first housing; and a rotation drive mechanism configured to drive the one or more camera modules to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Teng Liu, Xubiao Gong, Guodong Zhang, Mufei Li
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Publication number: 20250240644Abstract: A method and apparatus may be used for WiFi sectorization medium access control enhancement (WISE MAC). An IEEE 802.11 STA may receive an omni-directional indication of a first sectorized transmission opportunity (TXOP) associated with a second STA. The omni-directional indication may include an identifier (ID) of a first sector associated with the first sectorized TXOP. The STA may transmit a directional indication of a second sectorized TXOP a condition that a second sector associated with the second sectorized TXOP does not interfere with the first sector associated with the first sectorized TXOP.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250233682Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example: receiving traffic pattern data/parameters associated with a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) network; defining a configuration of the network based upon the traffic pattern data/parameters; outputting the configuration to facilitate physical provisioning and operation of ROADM nodes (and one or more ILA(s), if any) according to the configuration; receiving performance monitoring (PM) data indicative of operation of the network as configured according to the configuration; defining an updated configuration of the network that is based upon the PM data, wherein the updated configuration adds to the network at least one pair of transponders, at least one regenerator, or a combination thereof; and outputting the updated configuration to facilitate physical updating of the network in a manner such that the transponders, the regenerator(s), or the combination thereof is placed into operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250233632Abstract: Embodiments contemplate methods, systems, and apparatuses for interference measurement in a wireless communication network, including wireless communication networks the employ MIMO in uplink and/or downlink communication. Embodiments contemplate identifying one or more interference measurement resource elements that may be received from one or more transmission points. Embodiments also contemplate performing interference measurement estimation based at least in part on the identified one or more interference measurement resource elements. Channel state information (CSI) perhaps in the form of reports may be generated based at least in part on the one or more interference measurement estimation. Embodiments also contemplate that the CSI report may be transmitted to one or more nodes. In some embodiments, the one or more interference measurement resource elements may be received as part of a set of resource elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Paul Marinier, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Allan Y. Tsai, Guodong Zhang, J. Patrick Tooher
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Patent number: 12363785Abstract: Switching between Orthogonal Multiple Access (OMA) and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) modes of a user equipment (UE) can be determined and indicated by a gNB to a UE at an RRC connected state using one or more of the following schemes: at an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer with an RRC configuration message, at a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer with MAC CE (MAC control element) signaling, at a PHY (Physical) layer with DCI (Downlink Control Information) signaling, jointly with RRC configuration and DCI signaling, and/or jointly with RRC configuration and MAC CE signaling. The OMA or NOMA mode that the UE operates after the transition may be requested by the UE, indicated by the gNB, and/or may be based on one or more rules for OMA-NOMA switching.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yifan Li, Allan Y. Tsai, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Qing Li, Pascal M. Adjakple, Mohamed Awadin, Joseph M. Murray, Guodong Zhang
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Patent number: 12363704Abstract: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) transmissions are described herein in which sequence collision is mitigated or eliminated by exploiting the randomness nature of user specific reference bits and data bits. Further, methods, systems, and devices that use NOMA for small data transmissions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Allan Y. Tsai, Qing Li, Guodong Zhang, Yifan Li, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Pascal M. Adjakple, Mohamed Awadin, Joseph M. Murray
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Publication number: 20250227545Abstract: A method for receiving a backoff value at a wireless station is presented. A traffic indication map is received at the station, wherein a backoff number is implicitly assigned to the station based on a position of the station within the traffic indication map. The backoff value is determined by multiplying the backoff number by a predetermined time value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Lei Wang, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Guodong Zhang
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Patent number: 12356324Abstract: A method and apparatus for power savings in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A station (STA) may receive parameters that associate the STA to a specific group of STAs and perform a channel access during a period that is allowed for the group of STAs based on the parameters. The STA may receive information regarding an access slot that is allowed for the group of STAs and access a channel during the access slot. The STA may receive a schedule for wake up from a doze state and goes in and out of the doze state based on the schedule. A highest channel access priority may be provided to a sensor or meter type of STA. The STA may indicate to an access point (AP) that the STA will not listen to a traffic indication map (TIM) or a delivery TIM (DTIM) in a beacon.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Xiaofei Wang, Monisha Ghosh, Lei Wang, Nirav B. Shah, Guodong Zhang, Sudheer A. Grandhi
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Patent number: 12356456Abstract: Sub-band (SB) indications and listen-before-talk (LBT) outcomes may be used to adjust communications between devices such as wireless terminals and base stations. For example, a wireless terminal may receive SB indications including SB configurations and/or LBT outcomes of a base station, and other information such as a remapped CORESET. Similarly, a terminal may determine that a physical resource block (PRB) is invalid based at least in part on whether the PRB overlaps with a guard band. The terminal may be arranged to adjust its searches and transmissions based on received SB indications, and to provide the base station with LBT outcomes of the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed Awadin, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Qing Li, Pascal M. Adjakple, Joseph M. Murray, Yifan Li, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250220707Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus designed to support flexible carrier bandwidths in new radio. Multiple carrier bands may be combined into a single composite carrier depending on channel availability in the carrier bands. A composite carrier indicator (CCI) indicates to network devices, the available carrier bands within the channel occupancy time. In addition, bandwidth part inactivity time is suspended when channel access is not available.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2025Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lakshmi R. Iyer, Guodong Zhang, Joseph M. Murray, Qing Li, Allan Y. Tsai, Pascal M. Adjakple, Mohamed Awadin
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Publication number: 20250212127Abstract: Open loop power control may be based on an estimated pathloss. A set of transmission and reception points (TRPs) may provide a set of reference signals (RSs) to a reference point (RP). The RP, and/or the RP in conjunction with a network with which the RP is associated, may determine a RSRP for each received RS (signature of RSRPs). A WTRU may be configured with the signature of RSRPs. The TRP may provide the set of RSs to the WTRU. The WTRU may determine a set of RSRPs for the received RSs (RSRPWTRU). The WTRU may determine a difference between the signature RSs and RSRPWTRU. The WTRU may determine an estimated uplink pathloss associated with the WTRU and the RP based on the determined difference. The determined pathloss may be utilized in open-loop power control.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Svedman, Arman Shojaeifard, Allan Yingming Tsai, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250212251Abstract: A Channel Access Indicator (CAI) may be employed in New Radio Unlicensed (NR-U) to indicate channel occupation by a node to nodes outside its cell, indicate channel occupation by a node to nodes within its cell to aid spectral reuse, and to trigger a handshake between nodes within a cell to ensure that receiver has clear channel to transmit and receive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lakshmi R. Iyer, Qing Li, Joseph M. Murray, Mohamed Awadin, Guodong Zhang, Pascal M. Adjakple, Allan Y. Tsai
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Patent number: 12342395Abstract: A method performed by a STA may comprise receiving a frame, from a first AP including an indication of a configuration change counter (CCC) associated with a second AP. The CCC may be an unsigned integer that increments when an update to one or more AP parameters of the second AP has occurred. The method may further comprise establishing a first wireless link with the first AP and establishing a master key via at least the first wireless link.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Inventors: Lei Wang, Yousif Targali, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Xiaofei Wang, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250201810Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for prioritizing sidelink communication transmissions. In accordance with one example embodiment, a WTRU may include a processor, configured to receive vehicle-to-x communication (V2X) configuration parameters from a V2X network node. The V2X communication parameters may be associate with sidelink communications for a V2X service. The WTRU may send a user equipment (UE) information message to a gNB. The UE information message may include quality of service (QOS) information associated with the V2X service. The WTRU may further receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message from the gNB. The RRC configuration message may include an indication of a logical channel to be used for communication sidelink data associated with the V2X service, and one or more logical channel configuration parameters for the logical channel to be used for communication of the sidelink data associated with the V2X service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Pascal M. Adjakple, Qing Li, Joseph M. Murray, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Mohamed Awadin, Yifan Li, Allan Y. Tsai, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250202539Abstract: A WTRU may detect a reflected SSB transmission from a RIS. The reflected SSB is associated with an index. The WTRU may determine a source device of the reflected SSB transmission based on the index. For example, the WTRU may determine that the reflected SSB transmission was reflected by the RIS based on the index associated with the RIS. The WTRU may perform a random access procedure with a network device via the RIS based on the index. The SSB transmission may be associated with an SSB burst transmission comprising a plurality of SSB transmissions, where each of the plurality of SSB transmissions may be associated with the index. The plurality of SSB transmissions may comprise SSB transmissions reflected by the RIS and/or SSB transmissions not reflected by the RIS. The spatial state of the RIS may be maintained constant and/or may change during the SSB burst transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ibrahim Hemadeh, Allan Yingming Tsai, Patrick Svedman, Deepa Gurmukhdas Jagyasi, Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Tezcan Cogalan, Guodong Zhang, Arman Shojaeifard
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Publication number: 20250202745Abstract: Mechanisms may be used for aggregating acknowledgement (ACK), block ACK (BA) and/or short packets transmissions for multi-user (MU) wireless communication systems. Aggregation mechanisms may be used for uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), and/or UL/DL multiple-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmissions, for example. Multi-user short packets may be aggregated and/or simultaneously transmitted for DL, UL, or peer-to-peer (P2P) transmissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: Inter Digital Patent Holdings,Inc.Inventors: Fengjun Xi, Hanqing Lou, Oghenekome Oteri, Nirav B. Shah, Robert L. Olesen, Yuan Sheng Jin, Pengfei Xia, Frank LaSita, Guodong Zhang
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Publication number: 20250193718Abstract: Device, systems, and/or techniques for using sub-channel signaling information between an access point and a first station are disclosed. In one aspect, a method performed by a station (STA) includes: receiving, from a neighboring STA in an overlapping basic service set (OBSS), a physical (PHY) layer preamble that includes a signal field indicating a plurality of sub-bands and associated power thresholds for Uplink Orthogonal Frequency-Divisional Multiple Access (UL OFDMA) transmission, that are available for OBSS spatial reuse (SR) by the STA; and sending, to an AP with which the STA is associated, an UL OFDMA transmission using a sub-band of the plurality of sub-bands and an associated power threshold indicated in the signal field. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Hanqing Lou, Nirav B. Shah, Xiaofei Wang, Rui Yang, Guodong Zhang, Frank La Sita, Robert L. Olesen