Patents by Inventor Huaiyu Zeng
Huaiyu Zeng 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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Patent number: 11695511Abstract: A communication method and device are provided for communication in a point-to-multi-point communication network. A communication method includes receiving, by a node of a plurality of multi-point nodes, a transmission frame comprising a header including a repetition information and a data section comprising multiple modulation symbols, with at least two repeated modulation symbols that are repeated to represent a first modulation symbol; extracting, by the node, the repetition information of the header; recovering, by node, the amplitude of each modulation symbol of the at least two repeated modulation symbols; and combining, by the node, the amplitudes of the at least two repeated modulation symbols, based on the repetition information, to reconstruct the first modulation symbol represented by the at least two repeated modulation symbols.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng, Frank Effenberger, Yuanqiu Luo, Andy Shen
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Patent number: 11516563Abstract: An ONU is provided. The ONU comprises a receiver configured to receive a first PON frame from an OLT, the first PON frame comprising a first PSBd field, the first PSBd field comprising a first PSync field, the first PSync field comprising first bits, and a first quantity of the first bits being greater than 64 bits; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to perform synchronization of the first PON frame by matching the first bits to a pre-stored sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huaiyu Zeng, Yuanqiu Luo, Andy Shen, Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger
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Patent number: 11375299Abstract: An OLT comprises a processor configured to: obtain optical powers associated with ONUs, and generate an instruction instructing a transmit order of transmissions based on the optical powers; a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the instruction to the ONUs; and a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive the transmissions from the ONUs based on the instruction. An apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive an instruction instructing a transmit order of transmissions based on optical powers associated with ONUs; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to process the instruction; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit a transmission based on the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huaiyu Zeng, Xiang Liu, Andy Shen, Ning Cheng, Yuanqiu Luo, Frank Effenberger
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Publication number: 20220021481Abstract: A method comprises generating a PON frame comprising a plurality of FEC codewords, the FEC codewords comprise a first codeword, and the first codeword comprises a PSB; and transmitting the PON frame. A method comprises receiving a PON frame comprising a plurality of FEC codewords, the FEC codewords comprise a first codeword, and the first codeword comprises a PSB; and processing the PON frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Linlin Li, Huaiyu Zeng, Yuanqiu Luo
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Publication number: 20210144457Abstract: An OLT comprises a processor configured to: obtain optical powers associated with ONUs, and generate an instruction instructing a transmit order of transmissions based on the optical powers; a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the instruction to the ONUs; and a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive the transmissions from the ONUs based on the instruction. An apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive an instruction instructing a transmit order of transmissions based on optical powers associated with ONUs; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to process the instruction; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit a transmission based on the instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Huaiyu Zeng, Xiang Liu, Andy Shen, Ning Cheng, Yuanqiu Luo, Frank Effenberger
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Patent number: 10992406Abstract: A first apparatus in an optical communications network, the first apparatus comprises a transmitter; a receiver; a first MAC; and a first oDSP coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the first MAC and configured to communicate a message via a dedicated C&M channel with at least one of the first MAC, a second MAC in a second apparatus in the optical communications network, or a second oDSP in the second apparatus. A method comprises receiving an FS message comprising a PLOAM field, the PLOAM field contains oDSP-related C&M information, and the oDSP-related C&M information comprises a message type ID field and a Message_Content field; reading the message type ID field; and deciding, based on the message type ID field, whether to read the Message_Content field.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Yuanqiu Luo, Huaiyu Zeng, Andy Shen, Frank Effenberger
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Publication number: 20210006346Abstract: A first apparatus in an optical communications network, the first apparatus comprises a transmitter; a receiver; a first MAC; and a first oDSP coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the first MAC and configured to communicate a message via a dedicated C&M channel with at least one of the first MAC, a second MAC in a second apparatus in the optical communications network, or a second oDSP in the second apparatus. A method comprises receiving an FS message comprising a PLOAM field, the PLOAM field contains oDSP-related C&M information, and the oDSP-related C&M information comprises a message type ID field and a Message_Content field; reading the message type ID field; and deciding, based on the message type ID field, whether to read the Message_Content field.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Xiang Liu, Yuanqiu Luo, Huaiyu Zeng, Andy Shen, Frank Effenberger
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Publication number: 20210006874Abstract: An ONU is provided. The ONU comprises a receiver configured to receive a first PON frame from an OLT, the first PON frame comprising a first PSBd field, the first PSBd field comprising a first PSync field, the first PSync field comprising first bits, and a first quantity of the first bits being greater than 64 bits; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to perform synchronization of the first PON frame by matching the first bits to a pre-stored sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Huaiyu Zeng, Yuanqiu Luo, Andy Shen, Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger
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Publication number: 20200382241Abstract: A communication method and device are provided for communication in a point-to-multi-point communication network. A communication method includes receiving, by a node of a plurality of multi-point nodes, a transmission frame comprising a header including a repetition information and a data section comprising multiple modulation symbols, with at least two repeated modulation symbols that are repeated to represent a first modulation symbol; extracting, by the node, the repetition information of the header; recovering, by node, the amplitude of each modulation symbol of the at least two repeated modulation symbols; and combining, by the node, the amplitudes of the at least two repeated modulation symbols, based on the repetition information, to reconstruct the first modulation symbol represented by the at least two repeated modulation symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng, Frank Effenberger, Yuanqiu Lou, Andy Shen
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Patent number: 10778364Abstract: An ONU comprises a receiver configured to receive a continuous-mode TDMA downstream signal from an OLT; a PD coupled to the receiver and configured to convert the continuous-mode TDMA downstream signal to an electrical signal or an RF signal; an ADC coupled to the PD and configured to convert the electrical signal or the RF signal to a digital signal; and a burst-mode data recovery stage coupled to the ADC and configured to perform data recovery on a segment of the digital signal corresponding to the ONU, the burst-mode data recovery stage comprises a synchronization stage configured to perform synchronization on the segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng, Guozhu Long, Haixiang Liang
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Patent number: 10623129Abstract: A system comprising a first optical line terminal (OLT) of a first passive optical network (PON) with the first OLT configured to receive user data from a baseband unit (BBU) and send the user data to a remote radio unit (RRU) via a first optical network unit (ONU) of the first PON using a first wavelength, and a second OLT of a second PON, the second OLT configured to obtain control and management (C&M) information, share the C&M information with the first OLT, and send the C&M information to a second ONU that is co-located with the first ONU using a second wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Frank Effenberger, Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng
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Patent number: 10469172Abstract: A transceiver comprises: a sampling phase optimization stage comprising: a first interpolator; a first equalizer coupled to the first interpolator; a first optimizer coupled to the first equalizer; and an output; and an equalization stage coupled to the output and comprising: a buffer; a second interpolator coupled to the buffer; and a second equalizer coupled to the second interpolator. A method comprising: receiving an optical burst signal; determining an optimum sampling phase based on a portion of a digital signal representing the optical burst signal; and equalizing all of the digital signal using the optimum sampling phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng, Shuchang Yao, Lei Zhou, Xianbo Dai, Shengming Ma, Lin Huang
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Publication number: 20190334625Abstract: An apparatus comprises a DAC configured to convert a digital electrical signal to an analog electrical signal and a laser coupled to the DAC. The laser is configured to generate an optical signal using the analog electrical signal for modulation, the optical signal is a band-multiplexed optical signal comprising frequency bands, the frequency bands comprise a lowest-frequency band, and the lowest-frequency band comprises a baseband IM signal. The laser is configured to transmit the optical signal. A PON comprises an OLT configured to transmit a downstream optical signal, the downstream optical signal is a band-multiplexed optical signal comprising a first band and a second band. The PON includes a first ONU configured to receive the downstream optical signal and equalize only the first band; and a second ONU configured to receive the downstream optical signal and equalize the first band and the second band.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng, Andy Shen, Frank Effenberger
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Patent number: 10454588Abstract: An apparatus comprises a DAC configured to convert a digital electrical signal to an analog electrical signal and a laser coupled to the DAC. The laser is configured to generate an optical signal using the analog electrical signal for modulation, the optical signal is a band-multiplexed optical signal comprising frequency bands, the frequency bands comprise a lowest-frequency band, and the lowest-frequency band comprises a baseband IM signal. The laser is configured to transmit the optical signal. A PON comprises an OLT configured to transmit a downstream optical signal, the downstream optical signal is a band-multiplexed optical signal comprising a first band and a second band. The PON includes a first ONU configured to receive the downstream optical signal and equalize only the first band; and a second ONU configured to receive the downstream optical signal and equalize the first band and the second band.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng, Andy Shen, Frank Effenberger
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Patent number: 10305621Abstract: A method implemented by a first network element (NE) comprises receiving, by a receiver of the first NE, a burst from a second NE, wherein the burst comprises at least one training symbol (TS), storing, by a memory of the first NE, a channel response for a link between the first NE and the second NE, wherein the first NE is communicatively coupled to the second NE, wherein the channel response is based on a current channel response estimated using at least one TS in the burst and a previously stored channel response, and wherein the previously stored channel response is based on a plurality of bursts previously received from the second NE, and compensating, by a processor coupled to the receiver and the memory of the first NE, modulated symbols in the burst using the channel response.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng
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Publication number: 20190089478Abstract: A system comprising a first optical line terminal (OLT) of a first passive optical network (PON) with the first OLT configured to receive user data from a baseband unit (BBU) and send the user data to a remote radio unit (RRU) via a first optical network unit (ONU) of the first PON using a first wavelength, and a second OLT of a second PON, the second OLT configured to obtain control and management (C&M) information, share the C&M information with the first OLT, and send the C&M information to a second ONU that is co-located with the first ONU using a second wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Frank Effenberger, Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng
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Publication number: 20190074905Abstract: A transceiver comprises: a sampling phase optimization stage comprising: a first interpolator; a first equalizer coupled to the first interpolator; a first optimizer coupled to the first equalizer; and an output; and an equalization stage coupled to the output and comprising: a buffer; a second interpolator coupled to the buffer; and a second equalizer coupled to the second interpolator. A method comprising: receiving an optical burst signal; determining an optimum sampling phase based on a portion of a digital signal representing the optical burst signal; and equalizing all of the digital signal using the optimum sampling phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng, Shuchang Yao, Lei Zhou, Xianbo Dai, Shengming Ma, Lin Huang
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Patent number: 10205522Abstract: A method including receiving, via a frontend of a communication device from a communication link, a cascaded waveform modulation with embedded control signal (CWM-CS); performing time-domain demultiplexing on the CWM-CS to obtain a first waveform modulation signal (W1), a second waveform modulation signal (W2), and a control signal (CS); training a channel equalizer based on the control signal; performing channel equalization on the first waveform modulation signal, the second waveform modulation signal, and the control signal CS; performing time-domain de-multiplexing on the first waveform modulation signal W1, the second waveform modulation signal W2, and the control signal CS; applying a rounding function to the first waveform modulation signal W1; generating a recovered signal (S), by summing the first waveform modulation signal W1 and the second waveform modulation signal W2; recovering data from the recovered signal S; and recovering control information by demodulating the control signal CS.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Huaiyu Zeng
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Patent number: 10153844Abstract: A transceiver comprises: a sampling phase optimization stage comprising: a first interpolator; a first equalizer coupled to the first interpolator; a first optimizer coupled to the first equalizer; and an output; and an equalization stage coupled to the output and comprising: a buffer; a second interpolator coupled to the buffer; and a second equalizer coupled to the second interpolator. A method comprising: receiving an optical burst signal; determining an optimum sampling phase based on a portion of a digital signal representing the optical burst signal; and equalizing all of the digital signal using the optimum sampling phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng, Shuchang Yao, Lei Zhou, Xianbo Dai, Shengming Ma, Lin Huang
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Patent number: 10142094Abstract: A first apparatus comprises: a processor configured to generate a first synchronization message; a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the first synchronization message to a second apparatus at a first wavelength; and a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive a second synchronization message from the second apparatus at a second wavelength and in response to the first synchronization message, the first wavelength and the second wavelength are based on a reduction of a latency difference between the second synchronization message and the first synchronization message, and the processor is further configured to calculate a TO between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on the reduction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Frank Effenberger, Huaiyu Zeng