Patents by Inventor Han Zhou

Han Zhou 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: 20260222982
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: A session management network element receives first information, where the first information includes information about an application, or a data network name and/or single-network slice selection assistance information. The session management network element obtains information about at least one MoQ relay based on the first information, where the information about the at least one MoQ relay is used to establish a connection between user equipment and a first MoQ relay of the MoQ relay. The session management network element sends second information, where the second information includes the information that is about the at least one MoQ relay and that is sent to the user equipment. According to the method, the user equipment can obtain the information about the MoQ relay to establish the connection, to perform data transmission based on the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Xinpeng Wei, Hancheng Li, Kai Zhou, Han Zhou
  • Patent number: 12676713
    Abstract: A reference signal transmission method is provided to reduce power consumption. The method may be applied to time-frequency tracking. The method includes a network device sends configuration information of a reference signal RS to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS; and the network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period based on a first periodicity, where the first target sending time period belongs to the at least one periodic target sending time period. In this case, the RS is sent only in a part of the target sending time period, that is, the RS is not an always-on signal, and wake-up duration of UE is short. This helps UE reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Zhou, Xiaolei Tie, Zhanzhan Zhang, Meng Hua
  • Publication number: 20260189878
    Abstract: In a communication method, a sensing network element obtains sensing information of a user, where the sensing information of the user includes location information of the user, and the sensing information of the user is for determining an associated user of a first target. The sensing network element receives a first message, where the first message is for requesting associated user information of the first target. The sensing network element obtains sensing data, and obtains sensing information of the first target based on the sensing data, where the sensing information of the first target includes location information of the first target. The sensing network element sends the sensing information of the first target and the sensing information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianxin Jia, Guanglei Li, Han Zhou, Wenfu Wu, Chuankui Jiang, Zaifeng Zong, Xuefei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12672179
    Abstract: A session management network element determines whether a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus have a redundancy functionality, receives a session establishment request message from a first terminal device, to request to establish a first session between the first terminal device and a data network. When both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus have the redundancy functionality, and the first session is a redundant session, selects a first user plane function network element to establish the first session, where the second user plane function network element is configured to establish a second session, the first session is a redundant session of the second session, and the first session and the second session are for communication between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengkun Jiang, Han Zhou, Hancheng Li
  • Publication number: 20260181539
    Abstract: In a communication method, a first network element receives a first message from a second network element, where the first message is used for requesting sensing information. The first message includes a first area and/or a first target, the first area includes an area that is not allowed to be sensed, and the first target includes a target that is not allowed to be sensed. The first network element sends a second message to an access network device, where the second message is used for requesting the access network device to perform sensing. The second message includes a second area and/or a second target, the second area is an area that is allowed to be sensed, and the second target is a target that is allowed to be sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianxin Jia, Guanglei Li, Han Zhou, Wenfu Wu
  • Patent number: 12634887
    Abstract: A paging indication method includes: generating a PEI, where the PEI indicates whether there is a paging message sent to a terminal on one or more POs; determining a time frequency region for sending the PEI, where the time frequency region corresponds to a synchronization signal block (SSB), a first interval is different from a second interval, the first interval is an interval between a start subcarrier of the PEI and a start subcarrier of the SSB, and the second interval is an interval between a start subcarrier of a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) and the start subcarrier of the SSB; and sending, in the time frequency region, the PEI to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Zhou, Xiaolei Tie, Zhanzhan Zhang, Jingxin Wei
  • Patent number: 12634740
    Abstract: A communication method comprises that an application function network element first obtains transport information for a data stream, where the transport information includes information about an ingress port for the data stream and information about an egress port for the data stream. The application function network element then determines, based on the transport information, that the data stream is a data stream between terminal devices. The data stream is carried in two sessions. One session is a first session corresponding to the information about the ingress port, and the other session is a second session corresponding to the information about the egress port. The application function network element then can trigger a core network device to initiate policy and charging control (PCC) rule configuration processes for the first session and the second session, so that the data stream can be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hancheng Li, Han Zhou
  • Publication number: 20260074979
    Abstract: This application discloses a communication method, apparatus, and system, and a storage medium. If a first access network device determines that switching occurs, the first access network device sends network status information. This improves timeliness of reporting the network status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Dan Wang, Han Zhou, Xinpeng Wei
  • Publication number: 20260067816
    Abstract: A terminal device receives a synchronization signal from a network device. The synchronization signal is generated based on a synchronization sequence, the synchronization sequence includes a first ZC sequence and a conjugate sequence of the first ZC sequence, or the synchronization sequence includes a sum of the first ZC sequence and the conjugate sequence of the first ZC sequence. The terminal device detects a wake-up signal based on the synchronization signal. The terminal device thus can perform time synchronization based on the synchronization signal, to estimate a time offset of a correlation peak offset caused by a frequency offset of the synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Han Zhou, Qiang Li
  • Patent number: 12563616
    Abstract: A packet forwarding method includes that a session management network element sends a path identifier to a first device, where the first device includes an access network element corresponding to a protocol data unit (PDU) session and a user plane network element corresponding to the PDU session, the PDU session corresponds to a first terminal, the path identifier indicates a first path from the access network element to the user plane network element, the first path includes a part or all of a second path, and the second path is a path corresponding to a PDU session pre-established by the session management network element for a second terminal. The session management network element further sends, to the first device, identification information of a destination address corresponding to the path identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feilong Tang, Han Zhou, Hancheng Li, Long Chen, Jiacheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20260046779
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a wake-up method and apparatus and system configured to execute the method, including a main link and a wake-up link or a chip system in the terminal device, in which the main link is used for transmission of a paging message, and the wake-up link is used for transmission of a wake-up signal to determine whether to wake up the main link. The method may include measuring, by using the wake-up link, a first signal transmitted over the wake-up link to obtain a first measurement quantity of the first signal. The first measurement quantity may include at least one of first reference signal received power (RSRP), a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and first reference signal received quality (RSRQ). The method may further include determining, based on the first measurement quantity, whether to wake up the main link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Han Zhou, Yifan Xue
  • Publication number: 20260032177
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A first user plane network element receives first data, where a source address of the first data is a first address, the first address is an address of a first application, the first application serves a terminal device, and the first application corresponds to a first data network; and the first user plane network element sends the first data to a second user plane network element through a first session, where the first session is a session of the terminal device or a session corresponding to the first application, and the second user plane network element corresponds to a second data network; and/or the first user plane network element receives second data from the second user plane network element through the first session, and the first user plane network element sends the second data to the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Hancheng Li, Han Zhou, Wenfu Wu
  • Publication number: 20260012690
    Abstract: A method for generating a live streaming script, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, which relate to the field of artificial intelligence technologies, in particular to the fields of natural language processing, large models, and virtual digital characters. The method for generating a live streaming script includes: generating at least one first script segment according to an initial input information, where the first script segment includes a speech content text and an object description sub-segment for a live streaming object, the object description sub-segment includes an object description text for describing at least one of an action presented by the live streaming object or a presentation mode for the speech content text; and determining the live streaming script according to the at least one first script segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Tian WU, Dai DAI, Wenquan WU, Hao TIAN, Hua WU, Simei LIU, Hongyang ZHANG, Senbo KANG, Huan ZHANG, Junmei HAO, Ruijie WANG, Zhenyu JIAO, Han ZHOU, Zeyuan WANG, Zihe ZHU, Jie GONG, Zhanyu MA, Zhilong GUO, Dou HONG, Haifeng WANG
  • Publication number: 20260006432
    Abstract: In a communication method, a first session management function (SMF) determines, based on a group identifier of a group to which a target user equipment belongs, a first user plane function (UPF) connected to a first user equipment, where the first user equipment is an access point user equipment in the group; the first SMF sends an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the target user equipment and/or the group identifier to the first UPF; and the first UPF establishes a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) tunnel between the first UPF and the second UPF, and stores a correspondence between the IP address and the GTP-U tunnel to implement packet forwarding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youyang Yu, Hancheng Li, Han Zhou, Wenfu Wu
  • Publication number: 20260006624
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided. In the method, a second communication apparatus sends, to a first communication apparatus, indication information used to determine one cell of a plurality of cells as a PCell or a scheduling cell; and sends DCI in one cell of the plurality of cells based on a 1st parameter set, and the first communication apparatus monitors the PDCCH in one cell of the plurality of cells based on the 1st parameter set, where the 1st parameter set is a parameter set that is in a plurality of parameter sets of a scheduled cell and that has an association relationship with one cell of the plurality of cells, parameters in the plurality of parameter sets of the scheduled cell are parameters in a search space set, and the plurality of parameter sets of the scheduled cell have an association relationship with the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Wenwen Huang, Meng Hua, Xiaolei Tie, Han Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250380320
    Abstract: In a cross-domain communication method, a first control plane network element triggers, based on an association relationship between a first terminal device and a second terminal device, a first user plane network element to establish a path with a second user plane network element. The path is used to transmit a packet from the first terminal device to the second user plane network element, or is used to transmit a packet from the second terminal device to the first user plane network element. The first user plane network serves the first terminal device and the second user plane network element serves the second terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hancheng Li, Han Zhou, Jidong Zhang, Youyang Yu
  • Patent number: 12470958
    Abstract: A communication method is provided. The method includes a first terminal device that monitors control information of a first cell in a first time period, and after monitoring the control information, determines, based on the control information, whether to perform monitoring on the first paging occasion. The first time period includes at least one time unit in which a first synchronization signal block burst set is located or the first time period is adjacent to time units in which the first synchronization signal block burst set is located. Additionally, the first synchronization signal block burst set is located in front of the first paging occasion in time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Han Zhou, Wenwen Huang, Zhanzhan Zhang
  • Patent number: D1105853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: UZ Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Han Zhou
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    Patent number: D1111674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: UZ Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Han Zhou
  • Patent number: D1113336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: UZ Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Han Zhou