Patents by Inventor Hung-Yu Wei

Hung-Yu Wei 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: 20210136007
    Abstract: A method for orchestrating resources in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) network is applied in and by an apparatus. The MEC network comprises at least one control node, substrate nodes and substrate links managed by the at least one control node. The apparatus receives a virtual network request and calculates whether a proper virtual network embedding solution for the virtual network request exists. If so, the apparatus hands the solution over to the at least one control node for implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: HUNG-YU WEI, CHUN-TING CHOU, KUO-LIANG CHANG CHIEN, YAO CHIANG, YU-HSIANG CHAO
  • Patent number: 10986036
    Abstract: A method for orchestrating resources in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) network is applied in and by an apparatus. The MEC network comprises at least one control node, substrate nodes and substrate links managed by the at least one control node. The apparatus receives a virtual network request and calculates whether a proper virtual network embedding solution for the virtual network request exists. If so, the apparatus hands the solution over to the at least one control node for implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Chun-Ting Chou, Kuo-Liang Chang Chien, Yao Chiang, Yu-Hsiang Chao
  • Publication number: 20210112510
    Abstract: A base station of a telecommunication network is provided. The base station includes a wired transceiver, a wireless transceiver, and a controller. The wired transceiver provides wired communication with a first Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) domain outside the telecommunication network. The wireless transceiver provides wireless Time-Sensitive Communication (TSC) with a User Equipment (UE). A controller is configured to receive first TSN clock information from the first TSN domain via the wired transceiver, and schedule a transmission of the first TSN clock information to the UE via the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Hung-Yu WEI
  • Patent number: 10973005
    Abstract: A method for resource allocation includes acquiring resource information indicating an available wireless resource and an available computing resource, and allocating the available wireless resource and the available computing resource for a transmission mode of a wireless transmission based on the resource information and a system utility requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Ching-Chun Chou
  • Publication number: 20210051454
    Abstract: A V2X communication method includes: sending an assistance information from a V2X device to a user equipment (UE); performing first configuration on the UE; receiving a packet by the UE; performing upper layer mapping by the UE; sending a first traffic information from the UE to the V2X device; in response to a configuration request from the UE to the V2X device, performing second configuration on the UE by the V2X device; performing packet mapping by the UE; and performing layer processing by the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Chun CHOU, Hung-Yu WEI, Hua-Lung TSAI
  • Publication number: 20200335506
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The method includes forming a plurality of first conductive structures and a first dielectric layer between the first conductive structures on a substrate. The method also includes forming a trench between the first dielectric layer and the first conductive structures. The method further includes forming a liner material on a sidewall and a bottom of the trench. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive plug on the liner material in the trench. The method also includes removing the liner material to form an air gap, and the air gap is located between the conductive plug and the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Hao CHIEN, Kazuaki TAKESAKO, Kai JEN, Hung-Yu WEI
  • Patent number: 10660003
    Abstract: A method performed by an MEC orchestrator includes: acquiring MEC computation-related information and User Equipment (UE) mobility-related information from an MEC system including a plurality of MEC entities, performing a classification procedure, based on the MEC computation-related information and the UE mobility-related information, to determine a behavior type of a UE, wherein the behavior type indicates whether to trigger a handover (HO) in the MEC system and whether to trigger a Virtual Machine (VM) migration in the MEC system, and providing an instruction table in response to the behavior type, wherein the instruction table including routing information for routing MEC traffic among one or more of the plurality of MEC entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Yung-Lin Hsu, Ching-Chun Chou
  • Patent number: 10645615
    Abstract: A method for establishing bearers in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a user equipment (UE), a base station, a core network, and a mobile edge computing (MEC) entity. The method includes the following actions. A first bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is established. The first bearer transports at least one data flow. Whether the at least one data flow forms a feedback loop is determined. A second bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is configured when the at least one data flow forms the feedback loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Chia-Fu Lee, Chun-Ting Chou
  • Patent number: 10547435
    Abstract: A configuration and measurement method for performing a full-duplex communication and a base station (BS) using the same is disclosed. In an embodiment, a base station selects a transmitting user equipment (UE) among one or more transmitting UEs and a receiving UE among one or more receiving UEs to form a transmit-receive (TX-RX) UE pair of one or more TX-RX UE pairs for performing the full-duplex communication, based on a first channel strength between the BS and the transmitting UE, a second channel strength between the BS and the receiving UE, and a third channel strength the transmitting UE and the receiving UE. And the BS transmits an informing message of the one or more TX-RX UE pairs for triggering the channel measurement and the information fed back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Cheng Hsu, Hung-Yu Wei, Ching-Ju Lin
  • Patent number: 10477447
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connection management method for mobile device group, where the mobile device group includes a mobile device configured as a leader and a number of mobile devices configured as followers. The connection management method includes: in response to a measurement control from a first base station, the leader acquires signal quality measurement reports of all the mobile devices in the mobile device group corresponding to the first base station and a second base station, and signal quality measurement reports of all the followers in the mobile device group corresponding to the leader; the first base station determines whether to perform a handover according to the signal quality measurement reports received from the leader; and when the first base station determines to perform the handover, the first base station determines to perform a joint handover procedure or a half handover procedure according to the signal quality measurement reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hua-Lung Tsai, Hung-Yu Wei, Heng-Li Chin
  • Patent number: 10390275
    Abstract: A handover method is disclosed. The handover method includes receiving, by a first base station, MEC information from a MEC entity, performing, by the first base station, a handover decision based on the MEC information, and transmitting, by the first base station, a handover request to a second base station in response to the handover decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiun-Hao Liu, Ping-Jung Hsieh, Hung-Yu Wei
  • Patent number: 10342001
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a base station and a user equipment having on-demand signaling mechanism in directional wireless system. According to one of the exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure proposes a base station which includes at least but not limited to a transmitter and a receiver to transmit and receive data respectively and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured at least to receive through the receiver a service request to start an on-demand transmission, configure a control signaling to schedule a schedulable resource based on the service request in response to starting the on-demand transmission, and transmit through the transmitter the control signaling for triggering reference signals of an external base station to transmit the scheduled schedulable resource, wherein the reference signals are aperiodic and directional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: National Taiwan University, MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Ching-Chun Chou
  • Patent number: 10313889
    Abstract: A method of sharing radio resources for licensed assisted access (LAA) in unlicensed spectrum and related devices using the same are provided. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method used by a user equipment for sharing radio resources for LAA in an unlicensed spectrum. The method would include not limited to transmitting or receiving, through a LTE protocol, a first data in a licensed spectrum; transmitting or receiving, through the LTE protocol, a first control signal in the licensed spectrum for receiving a second data in an unlicensed spectrum; transmitting or receiving, through a LTE-unlicensed (LTE-U) protocol, the second data in the unlicensed spectrum within a first time window without transmitting a random access (RA) request; and stopping transmitting, through a Wi-Fi protocol, any RA request as long as the first time window has not expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Wei
  • Publication number: 20190159070
    Abstract: A method for establishing bearers in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a user equipment (UE), a base station, a core network, and a mobile edge computing (MEC) entity. The method includes the following actions. A first bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is established. The first bearer transports at least one data flow. Whether the at least one data flow forms a feedback loop is determined. A second bearer between the UE and the MEC entity is configured when the at least one data flow forms the feedback loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: HUNG-YU WEI, CHIA-FU LEE, CHUN-TING CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190141593
    Abstract: A method performed by an MEC orchestrator includes: acquiring MEC computation-related information and User Equipment (UE) mobility-related information from an MEC system including a plurality of MEC entities, performing a classification procedure, based on the MEC computation-related information and the UE mobility-related information, to determine a behavior type of a UE, wherein the behavior type indicates whether to trigger a handover (HO) in the MEC system and whether to trigger a Virtual Machine (VM) migration in the MEC system, and providing an instruction table in response to the behavior type, wherein the instruction table including routing information for routing MEC traffic among one or more of the plurality of MEC entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: HUNG-YU WEI, YUNG-LIN HSU, CHING-CHUN CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190069274
    Abstract: A method for resource allocation includes acquiring resource information indicating an available wireless resource and an available computing resource, and allocating the available wireless resource and the available computing resource for a transmission mode of a wireless transmission based on the resource information and a system utility requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: HUNG-YU WEI, CHING-CHUN CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190021033
    Abstract: A handover method is disclosed. The handover method includes receiving, by a first base station, MEC information from a MEC entity, performing, by the first base station, a handover decision based on the MEC information, and transmitting, by the first base station, a handover request to a second base station in response to the handover decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: JIUN-HAO LIU, PING-JUNG HSIEH, HUNG-YU WEI
  • Publication number: 20180368053
    Abstract: Methods and devices for network slicing are disclosed. The method of network slicing includes generating, by a base station, a network slice capability message including a network slice profile having a computational configuration, and transmitting, by the base station, the network slice capability message to a user equipment (UE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: HUNG-YU WEI, CHING-CHUN CHOU
  • Patent number: 10091764
    Abstract: Enhanced paging mechanisms are proposed for Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices in 3GPP networks. First, adaptive paging is proposed to adaptively allocate extra paging occasions for MTC devices with no extra procedure or power consumption on normal UEs. Second, group paging is proposed to simultaneously page a plurality of MTC devices with one paging. Group paging is controlled in different levels for optimized signaling and easier management. In one embodiment, group broadcasting and group release are used. Third, paging with response policy is proposed to pre-define or dynamically configure paging response policies for MTC devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Hsu, Hung-Yu Wei, Guan-Yu Lin, Ching-Chun Chou
  • Patent number: 10091759
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a mobility management method in a macro-assisted communication system and related apparatuses using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a mobility management method applicable to a user equipment in a macro-assisted communication system. The method would include not limited to: measuring a beam quality of a first wireless connection; receiving a preamble in response to the beam quality being below a threshold; performing a beam search on a random access channel in response to receiving the preamble; transmitting a measurement report which comprises a result of the beam search; and receiving a handover information from the first wireless connection to a second wireless connection in response to transmitting the measurement report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: National Taiwan University, MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Kuang-Hsun Lin, Hung-Yu Wei