Patents by Inventor Hong O. Zhang

Hong O. 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).

  • Publication number: 20200244417
    Abstract: A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving a beamformed physical control channel using a first beamformed pilot signal. The beamformed physical control channel may include an indication of a beam for a physical shared channel. The indicated beam of the physical shared channel and a beam of the beamformed physical control channel may be different. The method may further comprise receiving, based on the indicated beam, the physical shared channel using a second beamformed pilot signal. In an embodiment, the WTRU may receive an RRC message including an indication of a code of the first beamformed pilot signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Diana Pani, Hong O. Zhang, Damian C. Hamme
  • Patent number: 10623160
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a radio resource control (RRC) message providing configuration information for a physical control channel. The WTRU may monitor the physical control channel using a pilot signal of the physical control channel. The pilot signal may be derived from the pilot sequence and an index of the physical control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Diana Pani, Hong O. Zhang, Damian C. Hamme
  • Patent number: 10341992
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting using beam are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a first physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble to a base station using a first beam at a first power level. The WTRU may receive an indication that the first PRACH preamble was received by the base station. If the indication was received, the WTRU may transmit data. If the indication was not received, the WTRU may select the first beam or a second beam to use for a second PRACH preamble. Further, the first and second beams may be different beams. If the first beam is selected, the WTRU may increase a transmission power level of the second PRACH preamble by a first power ramp step. If the second beam is selected, the WTRU may not increase the transmission power level of the second PRACH preamble by the first power ramp step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi, Joseph S. Levy
  • Patent number: 10299227
    Abstract: A method for dynamically controlling the transmit power of transmission streams transmitted via multiple antennas is disclosed. A transmit power level for multiple streams is determined based on a first reference channel. The difference of signal to interface ratios (SIRs) between two reference channels may represent a power offset. The power offset may be used to determine gain factors used to transmit data channels on the secondary stream with reference to the gain factor of the first reference channel. The power offset may be used to determine other parameters, such a serving grant or transport block sizes of channels carried on the secondary stream. The power offset may allow transmission parameters of channels on the secondary stream to be determined based on the transmit power level of the primary stream and a gain factor for a reference channel transmitted via the primary stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lujing Cai, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi
  • Publication number: 20180343647
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting using beam are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a first physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble to a base station using a first beam at a first power level. The WTRU may receive an indication that the first PRACH preamble was received by the base station. If the indication was received, the WTRU may transmit data. If the indication was not received, the WTRU may select the first beam or a second beam to use for a second PRACH preamble. Further, the first and second beams may be different beams. If the first beam is selected, the WTRU may increase a transmission power level of the second PRACH preamble by a first power ramp step. If the second beam is selected, the WTRU may not increase the transmission power level of the second PRACH preamble by the first power ramp step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Hong O. ZHANG, Fengjun Xi, Joseph S. Levy
  • Patent number: 9887752
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing control signaling overhead for a multi-carrier HSDPA (MC-HSDPA) may be disclosed. In particular, a plurality of downlink carriers may be received and bundled or paired. Configuration information indicative of the bundling may then be generated and transmitted. Additionally, one or more components such as antennas, user equipment (UE), and the like may receive an indication of a configuration or state via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order where the indication includes order bits and order types and the configuration may be applied to activate and/or deactivate the components or operations such as uplink closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD), uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The order bits and/or order types may also be extended to support the activation/deactivation of additional carriers of MC-HSDPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengjun Xi, Lujing Cai, Joseph S. Levy, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang
  • Patent number: 9843365
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for selection of transmission parameters for transmit diversity terminals. According to an aspect, a method for controlling wireless receive/transmit unit transmission parameters may include configuring a WRTU to transmit dual stream when a first stream is using a predetermined transport format (TF) or subset of the TF. The method may also include applying the configuration to the WRTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Diana Pani
  • Patent number: 9826490
    Abstract: A method for dynamically controlling the transmit power of transmission streams transmitted via multiple antennas is disclosed. A transmit power level for multiple streams is determined based on a first reference channel. The difference of signal to interface ratios (SIRs) between two reference channels may represent a power offset. The power offset may be used to determine gain factors used to transmit data channels on the secondary stream with reference to the gain factor of the first reference channel. The power offset may be used to determine other parameters, such a serving grant or transport block sizes of channels carried on the secondary stream. The power offset may allow transmission parameters of channels on the secondary stream to be determined based on the transmit power level of the primary stream and a gain factor for a reference channel transmitted via the primary stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lujing Cai, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi
  • Patent number: 9774374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for selection of transmission parameters for transmit diversity terminals. According to an aspect, a method for controlling wireless receive/transmit unit transmission parameters may include configuring a WRTU to transmit dual stream when a first stream is using a predetermined transport format (TF) or subset of the TF. The method may also include applying the configuration to the WRTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Diana Pani
  • Publication number: 20170155487
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining pilot information is disclosed. A wireless/transmit receive unit (WTRU) receives a plurality of high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) resources including radio resource control (RRC) configuration information for high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), wherein the RRC configuration information includes dedicated pilot information associated with each received HS-SCCH resource. The WTRU detects a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) radio network transmission identifier (H-RNTI) associated with the WTRU in one of the plurality of HS-SCCH resources. The WTRU determines pilot information, based on the dedicated pilot information and the one of the plurality of HS-SCCH resources, for a high speed physically downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) associated with the one of the plurality of HS-SCCH resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Diana Pani, Hong O. Zhang, Damian C. Hamme
  • Patent number: 9668241
    Abstract: Feedback information for multiple serving cells are transmitted on high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH). A slot format for transmitting feedback information is determined based on the number of configured secondary serving cells and whether multiple input multiple-output (MIMO) is configured in the serving cells. Spreading factor is reduced to 128 when two secondary serving cells are configured and MIMO is configured in at least one of the two configured secondary serving cells, or when three secondary serving cells are configured. The serving cells are grouped into feedback groups, each feedback group having one or more serving cells. Channel coding may be applied to feedback information for the feedback groups. The resulting encoded feedback information for the feedback groups is concatenated to form composite feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lujing Cai, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi, Yingxue K. Li, Christopher Cave, Yan Li
  • Publication number: 20160295530
    Abstract: A method for dynamically controlling the transmit power of transmission streams transmitted via multiple antennas is disclosed. A transmit power level for multiple streams is determined based on a first reference channel. The difference of signal to interface ratios (SIRs) between two reference channels may represent a power offset. The power offset may be used to determine gain factors used to transmit data channels on the secondary stream with reference to the gain factor of the first reference channel. The power offset may be used to determine other parameters, such a serving grant or transport block sizes of channels carried on the secondary stream. The power offset may allow transmission parameters of channels on the secondary stream to be determined based on the transmit power level of the primary stream and a gain factor for a reference channel transmitted via the primary stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lujing Cai, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi
  • Publication number: 20160294459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing control signaling overhead for a multi-carrier HSDPA (MC-HSDPA) may be disclosed. In particular, a plurality of downlink carriers may be received and bundled or paired. Configuration information indicative of the bundling may then be generated and transmitted. Additionally, one or more components such as antennas, user equipment (UE), and the like may receive an indication of a configuration or state via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order where the indication includes order bits and order types and the configuration may be applied to activate and/or deactivate the components or operations such as uplink closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD), uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The order bits and/or order types may also be extended to support the activation/deactivation of additional carriers of MC-HSDPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengjun Xi, Lujing Cai, Joseph S. Levy, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang
  • Patent number: 9407404
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing control signaling overhead for a multi-carrier HSDPA (MC-HSDPA) may be disclosed. In particular, a plurality of downlink carriers may be received and bundled or paired. Configuration information indicative of the bundling may then be generated and transmitted. Additionally, one or more components such as antennas, user equipment (UE), and the like may receive an indication of a configuration or state via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order where the indication includes order bits and order types and the configuration may be applied to activate and/or deactivate the components or operations such as uplink closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD), uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The order bits and/or order types may also be extended to support the activation/deactivation of additional carriers of MC-HSDPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengjun Xi, Lujing Cai, Joseph S. Levy, Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160219568
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting pilots on multiple antennas are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a primary dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) and at least one secondary DPCCH via multiple antennas using different channelization codes. When a required transmit power exceeds a maximum allowed transmit power of the WTRU, power scaling may be applied equally to the primary DPCCH and the secondary DPCCH, such that a power ratio between the primary DPCCH and the secondary DPCCH remains the same before scaling as after scaling. The secondary DPCCH may include a same number of pilot bits as the primary DPCCH both in a normal mode and in a compressed mode, respectively. The same total pilot energy ratio may be maintained between the primary DPCCH and the secondary DPCCH both in a normal mode and in a compressed mode, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Lujing Cai, Hong O. Zhang, Fengjun Xi, Joseph S. Levy
  • Publication number: 20160087696
    Abstract: Uplink precoding in closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD). The methods and apparatus relate to precoder operations during an initial stage using default precoder tap weights, and a second stage wherein precoder weights obtained from a precoder control indicator channel information are used, provided the signal quality of the precoder control indicator channel is sufficiently reliable. The methods and apparatus also relate to procedures for responding to detection of an unreliable pre-coding control information (PCI) carried in a downlink feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Diana PANI, Benoit PELLETIER, Hong O. ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9209884
    Abstract: Uplink precoding in closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD). The methods and apparatus relate to precoder operations during an initial stage using default precoder tap weights, and a second stage wherein precoder weights obtained from a precoder control indicator channel information are used, provided the signal quality of the precoder control indicator channel is sufficiently reliable. The methods and apparatus also relate to procedures for responding to detection of an unreliable pre-coding control information (PCI) carried in a downlink feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Diana Pani
  • Publication number: 20150223266
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for selection of transmission parameters for transmit diversity terminals. According to an aspect, a method for controlling wireless receive/transmit unit transmission parameters may include configuring a WRTU to transmit dual stream when a first stream is using a predetermined transport format (TF) or subset of the TF. The method may also include applying the configuration to the WRTU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Benoit PELLETIER, Hong O. ZHANG, Diana PANI
  • Publication number: 20140226735
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enabling MU-MIMO functions on a UE are disclosed. A precoder codebook with precoding matrices can be generated to assist in improving system throughput. Existing specifications designed for two bit precoding information can be used to communicate higher numbers of bits of precoding information by reinterpreting fields described by such specifications. Channel state information can be provided to a base station using several disclosed feedback mechanisms. A UE can determine a current MIMO transmission mode using various implicit and explicit dynamic signaling mechanisms or semi-dynamic signaling where MIMO mode data is received from a higher layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Hong O. Zhang, Benoit Pelletier, Luijing Cai, Joseph S. Levy
  • Publication number: 20140204915
    Abstract: Uplink precoding in closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD). The methods and apparatus relate to precoder operations during an initial stage using default precoder tap weights, and a second stage wherein precoder weights obtained from a precoder control indicator channel information are used, provided the signal quality of the precoder control indicator channel is sufficiently reliable. The methods and apparatus also relate to procedures for responding to detection of an unreliable pre-coding control information (PCI) carried in a downlink feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Pelletier, Hong O. Zhang, Diana Pani