Patents by Inventor Hongcheng Zhuang

Hongcheng Zhuang 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: 20180199328
    Abstract: A communication device includes a level one (L1) processing element configured to measure downlink (DL) reference signals from multiple beams received via a transceiver to generate L1 data describing the multiple beams. The device also includes a level two (L2) processing element configured to consolidate, select, or filter the multiple beams responsive to the L1 data to produce L2 data corresponding to one or more of the multiple beams in a first cell that are consistent with preconfigured parameters. Furthermore, the device includes a level three (L3) processing element coupled to the L1 and L2 processing elements and configured to generate L3 data corresponding to one or more of the multiple beams in each of the first cell and a second cell. The device also includes a report generator coupled to the L1, L2 and L3 processing elements and configured to generate a report for a mobility event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Aimin Justin Sang, Bin Liu, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Patent number: 10021633
    Abstract: A method for accessing to a mobile communication network, comprising: acquiring a session matching level for each cell, which is calculated based on a session type of a session initiated by a user terminal as needed, a session data rate available to the user terminal of each cell and load balance parameters of each cell; accessing to a cell selected according to the session matching level for each cell. Further, it also provides another method for accessing to a mobile communication network, and corresponding user terminal, network-side device and communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Jietao Zhang, Zezhou Luo
  • Publication number: 20180184470
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless backhaul connection establishment method and apparatus. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a first base station obtains a valid backhaul capability of a neighboring base station, where the neighboring base station is a base station that can perform wireless communication with the first base station, and the valid backhaul capability reflects a maximum capability of a base station to serve a newly-added backhaul service; the first base station selects an upstream base station from the neighboring base station according to the valid backhaul capability of the neighboring base station and a backhaul service requirement for the first base station, where the upstream base station is configured to provide a wireless backhaul relay service for the first base station; and the first base station establishes a wireless backhaul connection with the upstream base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zezhou LUO, Hongcheng ZHUANG
  • Publication number: 20180167180
    Abstract: Solutions for determining subframe configuration of a cell cluster are provided. In one example method, is obtained by a central control node, the radio resource information required by enhanced interference management and traffic adaptation eIMTA terminals and radio resource information required by conventional terminals in the cell cluster, where the cell cluster includes multiple cells. A TDD subframe configuration of the cell cluster is determined according to the radio resource information required by the eIMTA terminals and the radio resource information required by conventional terminals in the cell cluster. Each cell in the cell cluster is notified of the TDD subframe configuration information of the cell cluster, allowing the implementation of flexible TDD subframe configuration for terminals of different types in the cell cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jietao ZHANG, Kewen YANG, Hongcheng ZHUANG
  • Publication number: 20180152951
    Abstract: A method for allocating access and backhaul resources is provided, including: obtaining multiple coordinating sets in a network and a transmission mode corresponding to each coordinating set; determining, according to the multiple coordinating sets and the transmission mode corresponding to each coordinating set, an access and backhaul resource allocation manner corresponding to an optimal network access and backhaul joint utility; and instructing wireless access points in the network to use the access and backhaul resource allocation manner to transmit data to user terminals in the network. This ensures proper and flexible allocation of access and backhaul resources and improves system resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Zezhou Luo, Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20180124673
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating uplink beacons to support inter-frequency mobility are provided. An embodiment method in a serving TRP for operating UL reference signals to support inter-frequency mobility includes receiving a first reference signal from a UE, the first reference signal transmitted on a serving TRP UL frequency. The method also includes configuring a transmission gap pattern to be used for sending a second reference signal on a non-serving TRP UL frequency, the non-serving TRP UL frequency being different from the serving TRP UL frequency, and the transmission gap pattern representing a set of time intervals during which the UE is not scheduled by the serving TRP UL frequency. Additionally, the method also includes sending a transmission gap pattern configuration, a second reference signal configuration, and a signaling criteria for determining when to send the second reference signal to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Tenny, Kari Juhani Leppanen, Hongcheng Zhuang, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 9936403
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for detecting a traffic hot spot of a cell. The method includes: acquiring load information of a cell in which a wireless access point AP is located, the load information includes at least two types of the following information: a data rate of user traffic requirement, the number of users associated with an AP, an average length of data packets and an average duration of successful transmissions; determining whether an operating state of the AP is abnormal according to the at least two types of information; determining a satisfaction degree of user according to the actual traffic rate of user, if the operating state of the AP is abnormal; and determining that a traffic hot spot exists in the cell, if the satisfaction degree of user is lower than a first preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Youwen Yi, Zezhou Luo
  • Patent number: 9906966
    Abstract: The present invention provides a network optimization system, device, and method, including: determining, by a radio resource management functional entity, radio resource statistical data that is based on a TTI time granularity, acquiring radio resource configuration information, and managing a radio resource of a cell in which the radio resource management functional entity is located; determining, by a distributed optimization functional entity, first time granularity data and a first key performance index (KPI), determining first reference configuration information, determining a first optimization plan according to the first statistical data and the first reference configuration information, and optimizing the first KPI; and determining, by a centralized optimization functional entity, second statistical data that is based on a second time granularity, and a second KPI, determining second reference configuration information, determining, according to the second statistical data and the second reference co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Patent number: 9900850
    Abstract: A method for joint configuration of power and channel of a WLAN is provided, including: selecting transmitting power of each AP from transmitting power ranges of APs of a WLAN to form an AP transmitting power combination; determining a set of AP operating channel combinations corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination according to operating channels of the APs in the WLAN; calculating an estimated load of each AP corresponding to each AP operating channel combination corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and calculating KPIs of the WLAN corresponding to each AP operating channel combination according to the estimated load of each AP; and selecting, according to the calculated KPIs, an optimal channel configuration scheme of the WLAN corresponding to each AP transmitting power combination, and selecting an optimal power and channel configuration scheme of the WLAN, thereby improving throughput and resource utilization efficiency of the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Zezhou Luo
  • Patent number: 9848341
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network optimization method and a network optimization device. The method includes: acquiring, in a first time segment, a first network status parameter that is determined according to M groups of network status parameters of at least one target cell, and acquiring a first CP that is determined according to M groups of cell control parameters CPs of the target cell, where the network status parameters include a key performance parameter KPI and a cell measurement parameter, determining, according to the first network status parameter and from a first entry that records a mapping relationship between a network status parameter and a security status, a security status of the target cell in the first time segment; and performing network optimization on the target cell according to the security status of the target cell in the first time segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Jietao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9843951
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a performance indicator of a communications network. The method includes: acquiring bandwidth utilization rates, throughputs of GBR services, and throughputs of non-GBR services of multiple areas included in a communications network; determining load statuses of the multiple areas according to the bandwidth utilization rates of the multiple areas; determining rate requirements of the non-GBR services of the multiple areas according to the load statuses of the multiple areas, the throughputs of the GBR services of the multiple areas, and the throughputs of the non-GBR services of the multiple areas; determining rate requirements of the GBR services of the multiple areas; determining loads of the multiple areas according to the rate requirements of the GBR services and the rate requirements of the non-GBR services of the multiple areas; and determining a load-associated key performance indicator of the communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Shmelkin Dmitri, Andrian Beletchi
  • Publication number: 20170311184
    Abstract: The present invention provides a network optimization system, device, and method, including: determining, by a radio resource management functional entity, radio resource statistical data that is based on a TTI time granularity, acquiring radio resource configuration information, and managing a radio resource of a cell in which the radio resource management functional entity is located; determining, by a distributed optimization functional entity, first time granularity data and a first key performance index (KPI), determining first reference configuration information, determining a first optimization plan according to the first statistical data and the first reference configuration information, and optimizing the first KPI; and determining, by a centralized optimization functional entity, second statistical data that is based on a second time granularity, and a second KPI, determining second reference configuration information, determining, according to the second statistical data and the second reference co
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Patent number: 9801144
    Abstract: Provided in the embodiment of the present invention are a method for uplink power control and an integrated control point apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining the uplink load information of a plurality of cells; identifying cells of a first type and cells of a second type among the plurality of cells; determining at least one cell cluster according to the neighboring relationship of the cells of the first type, the cells of the second type and the plurality of cells, wherein any cell cluster in the at least one cell cluster comprises at least one cell of the first type, and the cell of the first type or the cell of the second type neighboring the at least one cell of the first type; and performing joint optimization of uplink power control parameters on every cell cluster in the at least one cell cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20170264517
    Abstract: A service distribution obtaining method, a network side device, and a terminal are provided in this disclosure. The method includes: obtaining, by a network side device, measurement information of multiple terminals in a serving cell and an average service volume of each of the multiple terminals, and determining service distribution, where the measurement information includes first channel state values of channels between the multiple terminals and a primary cell, the primary cell refers to the serving cell or one of neighboring cells of the serving cell, the service distribution includes a first typical channel state value of each type of the first channel state values and a first service volume between a terminal set corresponding to each type of the first channel state values and the primary cell, and the first service volume is determined according to the average service volume of each terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20170238218
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an access control method and apparatus, and a network device. The method includes: performing grid partitioning on a target cell covered by a wireless access point, to obtain multiple grids; grouping, based on a neighboring cell of the target cell, grids that satisfy a preset condition in the multiple grids into one or more interference clusters; calculating an access offset of each of the interference clusters; and sending, to a user in each interference cluster, an access offset of a corresponding interference cluster, so that the user selects a cell based on the access offset of the corresponding interference cluster. Grids of a target cell are grouped into interference clusters according to signal to interference plus noise ratios, and an access offset is set for each interference cluster, to ensure service quality and improve user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongcheng ZHUANG, Zezhou LUO, Youwen YI
  • Publication number: 20170238267
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power estimation method and apparatus. On a premise of controlling interference caused by a second node to a first node to be within a range, a transmit power of the second node can be increased so as to improve communication quality of the second node. A specific solution is: obtaining an estimated load value of each first node in N first nodes according to a transmit power and user service requirements of each first node that are obtained and according to a transmit power set for each second node in M second nodes, and further, respectively using the transmit power set for each second node as an allowed transmit power of each second node according to the estimated load value of each first node in the N first nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Hongcheng ZHUANG, Andrian BELETCHI, Jietao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170223626
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a cell selection method in a wireless network, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: determining, by a base station, available uplink and downlink capacities of each cell in a coverage area of the base station; determining available uplink and downlink capacities of a backhaul link of the base station; calculating an uplink offset and a downlink offset of each cell according to the available uplink and downlink capacities of each cell and the available uplink and downlink capacities of the backhaul link of the base station; determining an uplink path loss of user equipment (UE); and sending a message to the UE, where the message carries the uplink path loss of the UE, the uplink offset, and the downlink offset, which are used by the UE to perform cell selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hongcheng Zhuang, Jietao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9723500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a network optimization system, device, and method, including: determining, by a radio resource management functional entity, radio resource statistical data that is based on a TTI time granularity, acquiring radio resource configuration information, and managing a radio resource of a cell in which the radio resource management functional entity is located; determining, by a distributed optimization functional entity, first time granularity data and a first key performance index KPI, determining first reference configuration information, determining a first optimization plan according to the first statistical data and the first reference configuration information, and optimizing the first KPI; and determining, by a centralized optimization functional entity, second statistical data that is based on a second time granularity, and a second KPI, determining second reference configuration information, determining, according to the second statistical data and the second reference conf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zezhou Luo, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20170195952
    Abstract: A method for controlling enabling of a station, the method compromising: determining, according to coverage of at least two stations and expected transmission rates of all services, at least one target service that meets a first preset condition or a second preset condition, the first preset condition comprises: for a first target service corresponding to a first station, only the first station can meet an expected transmission rate of the first target service, and the second preset condition comprises: for a second target service corresponding to a second station, no station can meet an expected transmission rate of the second target service; and determining a target station as a to-be-enabled station from the at least two stations according to a sum of expected transmission rates of target services corresponding to each station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Fan Huang, Hongcheng Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20170164219
    Abstract: The present embodiments disclose a network parameter adjustment method and a base station device. The method includes sending, by a first base station, first parameter adjustment token request information to a second base station, where the second base station is a parent base station of the first base station, and the first parameter adjustment token request information is used to represent that the first base station requests to obtain a parameter adjustment token. The method also includes receiving, by the first base station, the parameter adjustment token sent by the second base station, and adjusting a network parameter after receiving the parameter adjustment token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Fan Huang, Hongcheng Zhuang