Patents by Inventor Hongchao Li

Hongchao Li 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).

  • Patent number: 11283582
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink transmission blanking. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that: receives (602) a first signal from a base unit, wherein the first signal is used for indicating scheduling information for a first uplink transmission; and receives (604) a third signal from the base unit. The third signal is used for determining a first one or more symbols of the first uplink transmission to be blanked. The apparatus (200) also includes a processor (202) that determines (606) the first one or more symbols of the first uplink transmission to be blanked based on the third signal. The apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (608) the first uplink transmission to the base unit with the first one or more symbols blanked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Haipeng Lei, Xiaodong Yu, Zhi Yan, Hongchao Li
  • Publication number: 20220053553
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication device, a base station and respective methods for a communication device and a base station. The communication device comprises a transceiver and a circuitry, which, in operation, controls the transceiver to: receive or transmit data K time slots after receiving a scheduling grant, wherein K is not smaller than a minimum scheduling gap, and receive control information; and when the control information indicates a second minimum scheduling gap different from a first minimum scheduling gap currently applied, determines that K is not smaller than the first minimum scheduling gap and the second minimum scheduling gap for an interval starting from the reception of the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hongchao LI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Quan KUANG, Ankit BHAMRI
  • Publication number: 20220045816
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a base station and respective methods. The user equipment (UE) receives a single uplink grant for a plurality of PUSCH transmissions. The single uplink grant comprises an antenna port field with an index value that is to be used for the plurality of PUSCH transmissions. The UE determines time-domain resources based on the received uplink grant. The determined time-domain resources prescribe a number of PUSCH transmissions and a length of each of the number of PUSCH transmissions. The UE transmits the number of PUSCH transmissions using the determined time-domain resources. Each of the number of PUSCH transmissions comprises at least one front-loaded demodulation reference signal, DMRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Hongchao LI, Ankit BHAMRI
  • Publication number: 20220046636
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for resource reservation. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives an indication of resource reservation for uplink communication. The indication is based on information reported from a first remote unit. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a resource based on the indication. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data on the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Hongchao Li
  • Publication number: 20220039079
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sidelink control information indication. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives a second control information message from a remote unit over sidelink communication. Here, the second control information is in response to the remote unit receiving one or more data processes scheduled by a first control information message from a relay unit. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a transmission-reception pattern for the sidelink communication and generates an indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern. The apparatus further includes a transmitter that transmits the indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern to the remote unit in a third control information message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu, Zhi Yan, Hongchao Li
  • Patent number: 11229049
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving configuration signaling from a network node to use a resource pool. The apparatus transmits using contention-based transmission. The method also includes selecting a preamble zone combination from the resource pool. The method may also include transmitting a preamble to the network node using the selected preamble zone combination. A preamble sequence index is used to identify the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Hongchao Li, Klaus Ingemann Pedersen, Yuantao Zhang, Jingyuan Sun, Zhuyan Zhao, Deshan Miao
  • Publication number: 20220014333
    Abstract: A user equipment, a base station and respective methods are provided. The user equipment receives a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) config information element (IE) in form of radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the PUSCH config IE being applicable to a particular bandwidth part. The user equipment configures a table which is defined by a PUSCH time domain resource allocation list IE carried in the received PUSCH config IE, the table comprising rows, at least one row comprising a first set of values related to allocated time-domain resources for a plurality of PUSCH transmissions. The user equipment receives downlink control information (DCI) signaling carrying a time-domain resource assignment filed with value m, wherein the value m provides a row index m+1 to the RRC configured table. The user equipment determines allocated time-domain resources for the plurality of PUSCH transmissions based on the index of the slot carrying the received DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ankit BHAMRI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Naoya SHIBAIKE, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hongchao LI
  • Publication number: 20210377979
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) config information element (IE) in form of radio resource control (RRC) signaling; configures a table which is defined by a PUSCH time domain resource allocation list IE carried in the received PUSCH config IE, the table comprising rows, each with a value indicating a PUSCH mapping type, a value K2 indicating a slot offsets, and a value SLIV indicating a start and length indicator value; and receives downlink control information (DCI) in form of medium access control (MAC) signaling carrying a time-domain resource assignment filed with value m, wherein the value m provides a row index m+1 to the RRC configured table. The UE determines allocated resources for an initial PUSCH transmission and allocated resources for at least one repetition thereof, and performs a PUSCH transmission using the respectively determined allocated resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ankit BHAMRI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hongchao LI
  • Publication number: 20210368507
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transceiver device and scheduling device, and communication methods for transceiver device and scheduling device. The transceiver device comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives, over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a sub-band occupancy indicator indicating sub-bands determined to be available for a transmission, and a resource allocation indicator indicating resources included in the available sub-bands and assigned to the transceiver device for the transmission. The transceiver device further comprises circuitry which, in operation, determines the assigned resources according to the resource allocation indicator and the sub-band occupancy indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Quan KUANG, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Hongchao LI
  • Patent number: 11172471
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for resource reservation. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (802) an indication of resource reservation for uplink communication. The indication is based on information reported from a first remote unit. The apparatus (200) also includes a processor (202) that determines (804) a resource based on the indication. The apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (806) data on the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Hongchao Li
  • Publication number: 20210337467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) that comprises a processing circuitry, for determining assistance information to be transmitted to a base station. A transmitter transmits an assistance report to the serving base station comprising the determined assistance information. The assistance information indicates one or more of the following assistance information types: a number of information bits, to be transmitted by the UE to the serving base station; transport block size of a transport block to be used by the UE to transmit the information bits to the serving base station; a power level, indicating a minimum power to be used by the UE to transmit the information bits to the serving base station; one or more Discontinued Reception, DRX, configuration parameters to be used by the UE to operate a DRX mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hongchao LI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Yihui LI, Quan KUANG, Ankit BHAMRI
  • Patent number: 11153853
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sidelink control information indication. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives a second control information message from a remote unit over sidelink communication. Here, the second control information message is in response to the remote unit receiving one or more data processes scheduled by a first control information message from a relay unit. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a transmission-reception pattern for the sidelink communication and generates an indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern. The apparatus further includes a transmitter that transmits the indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern to the remote unit in a third control information message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu, Zhi Yan, Hongchao Li
  • Publication number: 20210321270
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for communication configuration selection. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives configuration information for multiple communication configurations. The configuration information corresponds to services having different performance requirements, and the performance requirements include latency, reliability, peak data rate, efficiency overhead, control overhead, system capacity, or some combination thereof. The apparatus also includes a processor that selects a communication configuration of the multiple communication configurations. The apparatus communicates using the selected communication configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hongchao Li, Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210298008
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal that can appropriately transmit an uplink signal. In a terminal (200), a control unit (211) determines a processing mode with respect to uplink data and uplink control information according to a requirement for at least one of uplink data and uplink control information when transmission of an uplink data channel that includes the uplink data and transmission of an uplink control channel that includes the uplink control information temporally overlap. A transmission unit (218) transmits the at least one of the uplink data and the uplink control information on the basis of the determined processing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hongchao LI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Takashi IWAI
  • Publication number: 20210277277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition, a coating method and use of the composition, and a product coated with the coating composition. The coating composition comprises: (a) an isocyanate-reactive component comprising: (a1) at least one polyaspartic ester, and (a2) optionally a polyetheraspartic ester; (b) an isocyanate component comprising: (b1) at least one isocyanate prepolymer having an isocyanate group equivalent of 300 to 1100, and (b2) at least one isocyanate oligomer containing not less than two isocyanate groups, the weight ratio of the isocyanate prepolymer (b1) to the isocyanate oligomer (b2) being from 1:4 to 4:1; (c) a catalyst; and (d) optionally an additive; wherein the coating composition has a molar ratio of isocyanate groups to isocyanate-reactive groups of 1.5:1 to 8:1. The coating composition provided by the present invention has a long pot life, and the resulting coating has the advantages of fast drying and high hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dorota Greszta-Franz, Jianping Shen, Junchao Zheng, Yifeng Xu, Ling Yang, Jinqi Li, Hongchao Li, Hao Liu
  • Publication number: 20210274531
    Abstract: In a terminal (200), a controller (209) dynamically determines one or more parameters relating to transmission of uplink data. A transmitter (216) transmits uplink control information indicating the determined one or more parameters to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Lilei WANG, Hongchao LI, Ankit BHAMRI
  • Publication number: 20210268939
    Abstract: The invention discloses an automobile and a sliding rail assembly of a seat thereof. The sliding rail assembly is bilaterally symmetric, and comprises an upper sliding rail and a lower sliding rail extending along a back-and-forth direction as well as an upper ball and a lower ball disposed between the upper sliding rail and the lower sliding rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Haoshuai HAO, Hongchao LI, Kele HUANG, Yan AN
  • Publication number: 20210266841
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE), which comprises a receiver, which in operation, receives power saving signals, PoSS, from a serving base station on which the UE is camping, processing circuitry, which, in operation, monitors the reception of PoSS to determine a UE behavior regarding processing of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, wherein the PoSS comprises a behavior indication indicating for the UE to follow a first behavior or a second behavior, and wherein the PoSS further comprises a configuration indication indicating at least one configuration parameter associated with the first or second behavior, and wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, determines to perform PDCCH monitoring in case the first behavior is indicated and to skip PDCCH monitoring in case the second behavior is indicated, and accordingly applies the at least one configuration parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hongchao LI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Quan KUANG, Ankit BHAMRI, Yihui LI
  • Patent number: 11076304
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for communication configuration selection. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (602) configuration information for multiple communication configurations. The configuration information corresponds to services having different performance requirements, and the performance requirements include latency, reliability, peak data rate, efficiency overhead, control overhead, system capacity, or some combination thereof. The apparatus (200) also includes a processor (202) that selects (604) a communication configuration of the multiple communication configurations. The apparatus (200) communicates (606) using the selected communication configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Hongchao Li, Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Chenxi Zhu
  • Patent number: D946946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HONGYUE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongchao Li