Patents by Inventor Junfeng Zhang

Junfeng 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: 20250016688
    Abstract: Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable media, and apparatuses for determining, by a wireless communication device, a transmission power for multiple Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmissions in a PRACH transmission bundle and transmitting, by the wireless communication device to a base station, the multiple PRACH transmissions using the transmission power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Junfeng ZHANG, Xianghui HAN, Chunli LIANG, Shuaihua KOU, Jian LI
  • Publication number: 20250008569
    Abstract: Wireless communication methods are disclosure. A wireless communication method includes determining a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) for a RACH process; and determining a RO set according to the determined SSB to transmit a PRACH for at least two times. Another wireless communication method includes receiving a PRACH, for at least two times from user equipment (UE), wherein the PRACH is transmitted on a RO set determined by the UE according to a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) for a RACH process; and transmitting a responsive message in response to the PRACH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Junfeng ZHANG, Xianghui HAN, Jian LI
  • Patent number: 12185378
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node includes transmitting a first information element that includes a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters is configured for a plurality of wireless communication devices to perform respective random access procedures. The method includes transmitting a second information element that includes a subset of the plurality of parameters. The subset of parameters is configured for one of the plurality of wireless communication devices to perform one of the random access procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jianqiang Dai, Li Tian, Junfeng Zhang, Yuzhou Hu, Ziyang Li
  • Publication number: 20240422784
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, system, and devices for indicating and/or configuring repetition transmission of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). One method includes sending, by a user equipment (UE) to a base station, a request or a capability indication for a repetition of a first PUSCH transmission; and receiving, by the UE from the base station, a repetition factor indication for the repetition of the first PUSCH transmission. Another method includes receiving, by a base station from a UE, a request or capability indication for a repetition of a first PUSCH transmission; and, sending, by the base station to UE from, a repetition factor indication for the repetition of the first PUSCH transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Xianghui HAN, Peng HAO, Jing SHI, Junfeng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12167460
    Abstract: One example method for indication of resources in a random-access procedure includes receiving, by a communication device, during a process of a two-step random access to a wireless network, a message including a temporary identifier assigned to the communication device, and transmitting, by the communication device, an acknowledgement message to a network device in the wireless network using a transmission resource that is dependent on the temporary identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Junfeng Zhang, Wei Gou, Zhihong Qiu, Yuzhou Hu, Li Tian
  • Publication number: 20240407010
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, system, and devices for configuring and transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, particularly in a random access channel occasion (RO) for a uplink (UL) subband. A method includes performing, by a user equipment (UE), a PRACH transmission to a base station by: obtaining, by the UE, a RO configuration for a RO; determining, by the UE, whether the RO is valid for a UL subband based on a set of pre-defined rules, wherein the UL subband comprises at least one downlink (DL) symbol or at least one flexible symbol and occupies a part of frequency domain resources of the at least one DL symbol or at least one flexible symbol; and in response to the determining that the RO is valid, transmitting, by the UE, the PRACH transmission in the RO to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei GOU, Xianghui HAN, Junfeng ZHANG, Xingguang WEI, Xing LIU
  • Publication number: 20240389162
    Abstract: Arrangements disclosed herein relate to dynamic mode switching, including receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) from a network, at least one of a first indication or a second indication. The at least one of the first indication and second indication indicates a transmission parameter for uplink transmission. The second indication indicates that a relationship between the transmission parameter and the first indication. The transmission parameter includes transform precoder configuration. The UE sends to the network the uplink transmission using the transmission parameter as indicated by the at least one of the first indication or the second indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Xianghui HAN, Junfeng ZHANG, Jing SHI
  • Publication number: 20240364460
    Abstract: Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable media, and apparatuses for determining, by a wireless communication device, a time-domain resource and a frequency-domain resource for transmitting at least one repetition of a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The wireless communication device transmits to a base station, the at least one repetition of the PRACH using the time-domain resource and the frequency-domain resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xing LIU, Junfeng ZHANG, Xianghui HAN, Shuaihua KOU, Min REN
  • Patent number: 12114370
    Abstract: Disclosed is a determination, access, sending and processing method and device, base station and terminal. The method for determining au uplink receiving beam and applied to a base station includes: receiving, by using N receiving configurations, a random access signal sent by a terminal, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2; obtaining respective receiving state information corresponding to the N receiving configurations; and determining a receiving configuration of the uplink receiving beam according to the receiving state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang, Patrick Svedman
  • Publication number: 20240323956
    Abstract: This document generally relates to wireless communication that includes a user device that determines whether a first value indicated by a first type of downlink control information (DCI) matches a second value indicated by a second type of DCI. The user device selects a candidate physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing based on at least determining whether the first and second values match. Also, a wireless access node transmits the first type of DCI and the second type of DCI, and receives a PUSCH with a multiplexed UCI corresponding to at least whether the first and second values match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Shuaihua KOU, Wei GOU, Xianghui HAN, Junfeng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12101272
    Abstract: A method for determining a resource for a reference signal includes: determining, according to positions of N channel resource units used by a physical channel, R channel resource units from the N channel resource units, where both R and N are integers and 0?R<N; and sending or receiving reference signals in the R channel resource units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240298348
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for configuring physical random access channel (PRACH) retransmissions in a wireless communication network. A PRACH trigger is received including a random access channel occasion (RO) indication. A PRACH preamble is transmitted to a base station during a first RO specified by the RO indication. One or more PRACH preamble repetitions are transmitted to the base station during a second RO specified by the RO indication. A random access response (RAR) is received from the base station in response to the PRACH preamble and/or the one or more PRACH preamble repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Junfeng Zhang, Xing Liu, Xianghui Han, Jing Shi, Xingguang Wei
  • Publication number: 20240283614
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes transmitting, from a first communication device to a second communication device, an indication of N regions in a resource grid defined by transmission resources in a frequency domain and/or time resources in a time domain and communicating the reference signal between the first communication device and the second communication device according to the density information. Here, each of the N regions has a corresponding resource density indicative of a density of time-frequency resources configured for reference signal transmissions and N is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Xingguang WEI, Jian LI, Xing LIU, Wei GOU, Xianghui HAN, Shuaihua KOU, Junfeng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12069735
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating preambles in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network node, a configuration for random access comprising a value indicative of a number of Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence roots (M) and a number of repetitions (N), and receiving, from a wireless device, a random access preamble, wherein the random access preamble comprises M concatenated ZC sequences with different roots, and wherein each of the M concatenated ZC sequences is repeated based on N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Cao, Nan Zhang, Chenchen Zhang, Zhen Yang, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240276561
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating information in a random access procedure. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, to a wireless communication node, a first message including a preamble and a payload for an access to the wireless communication node; and receiving, from the wireless communication node, a second message including a response to the first message, the second message including an indication indicating a type of the response selected from a plurality of types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Junfeng ZHANG, Li TIAN, He HUANG
  • Patent number: 12063692
    Abstract: A random access method, device, and equipment are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network node, a random access request, wherein the random access request comprises a preamble and a first data block; and sending, by the network node, a random access response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Junfeng Zhang, Peng Hao, Wei Gou, Patrick Svedman, Aimin You
  • Publication number: 20240262333
    Abstract: A configuration control method for an electronic mechanical brake-by-wire system is Provided. The control method includes: acquiring a first actual output torque measured by the first torque sensor and a second actual output torque measured by the second torque sensor; if a received signal is a brake loading signal, separately comparing a first difference with an initial torque difference and a maximum torque difference when a motor fails to obtain a comparison result, where the first difference is an absolute value of a difference between the first actual output torque and the second actual output torque; and controlling the first motor and the second motor according to the comparison result to complete brake loading by means of the brake actuator. Also provided is a configuration control system for an electronic mechanical brake-by-wire system. The control method and the control system can achieve synchronous and precise control of a brake force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaolong LI, Lifang WANG, Junzhi ZHANG, Chengkun HE, Dongsheng SUN, Junfeng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240260011
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes configuring a first wireless device for a communication between the first wireless device and a second wireless device according to a semi-static configuration that specifies a time slot pattern for the communication. M carriers are configured for the communication, where M is an integer greater than 1. The time slot pattern is configured across the M carriers based on the units of time slots of a reference carrier of the M carriers. For each time slot in the time slot pattern, a corresponding carrier from the M carriers and/or a slot in the corresponding carrier on which the communication occurs is specified by a rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang, Shuaihua Kou, Jing Shi
  • Publication number: 20240244628
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wireless communication are provided. The wireless communication includes determining, with a wireless access node and/or user equipment, a first slot for a first PUCCH and a second slot for a second PUCCH. In response, the wireless access node and/or user equipment processes the second PUCCH based on positions of the first slot and the second slot and a time domain position of the second PUCCH relative to the first PUCCH. The first PUCCH has a repetition factor greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei GOU, Junfeng ZHANG, Xianghui HAN, Shuaihua KOU
  • Publication number: 20240215031
    Abstract: Methods and systems for techniques for determining uplink control channel slots for transmitting a feedback message in mobile communication technology are disclosed. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes performing a determination, by a wireless device, according to a first rule and a second rule, of one or more channel of M carriers on which to transmit a feedback message to a network device, where M is a positive integer, and transmitting, by the wireless device the feedback message according to the determination, wherein the first rule defines a transmission delay of the transmission of the feedback message, and wherein the second rule defines a switching of carriers between the M carriers in a case that M is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Wei GOU, Junfeng ZHANG, Peng HAO, Shuaihua KOU