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).

  • Patent number: 8798655
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission power configuration method for a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), and the method comprises: configuring the ratio between transmission power of a DMRS at each layer in a Resource Element (RE) and transmission power of data at a corresponding layer to be a constant value. Meanwhile, the present disclosure discloses a transmission power configuration apparatus for the DMRS. The present disclosure greatly improves the correct rate of data frame decoding, and improves decoding performance. The present disclosure enables the network side not need to notify a UE of the corresponding relationship between transmission power of DMRS at each layer and transmission power of data at the corresponding layer, which simplifies the overhead of the control signalling in the network side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yunfeng Sun, Wenfeng Zhang, Jing Jiang, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8789151
    Abstract: Managing via a web portal a remote device from a source device connected to a communication network. A device ID is assigned to the remote device, and a remote management software for remote management of the remote device is not installed on the source device or the remote device. Based on the assigned device ID, a connection is established with the remote device via the communication network. A first instruction is received from a user for authenticating access to the web portal. The user is authenticated in response to the received first instruction. An online status is established for the authenticated user. A second instruction is received from the authenticated user requesting access to the remote device. The device ID of the remote device is validated. The validated device ID is associated with the authenticated user. A connection is established between the remote device and the web portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Ryun Manion, Kestutis Patiejunas, Junfeng Zhang, Ryan Yonghee Kim
  • Patent number: 8787189
    Abstract: A method of CQI feedback comprises: in a CoMP system, a terminal feeding back a CQI corresponding to a comprehensive channel formed between the terminal and all transmission nodes in a CATS or each CQI corresponding to each channel between the terminal and each transmission node. A system of CQI feedback; in the system is also disclosed, a feedback unit at the terminal side is used in the CoMP system to calculate and feed back the CQI corresponding to the comprehensive channel formed between the terminal and all the transmission nodes in the CATS or each CQI corresponding to each channel between the terminal and each transmission node. With the method and system of the present invention, not only the CQI feedback in the CoMP system can be realized, but also the difference between the CQI feedback in the control channel and that in the traffic channel can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yunfeng Sun, Jing Jiang, Changqing Zhu, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140177547
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and system for processing control channel information. A receiving side is notified, by a network side via one or more types of the following signaling, of the information required to receive or perform blind detection for a control channel, wherein the signaling part comprises at least: a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, a System Information Block (SIB)x (x=2, 3) signaling, and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling located at the first n (n=1, 2, 3, 4) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. In the control channel information processing technology of the disclosure, the receiving side can be notified, via signaling configuration, of at least the time domain or frequency domain location occupied by the control channel. This scheme allows for full utilization of space division technology, thus reducing the load on a physical downlink control channel, and reducing interference between control channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Senbao Guo, Yunfeng Sun, Yuhong Gong, Dongli Chen, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140121133
    Abstract: This invention provides a combination of microRNAs for evaluating the physiological and/or pathological condition of a subject, wherein the combination comprises all detectable microRNAs stably existing in the serum/plasma of a subject; and a method for evaluating the physiological and/or pathological condition of a subject, wherein the method includes determining all detectable microRNAs stably existing in the serum/plasma of a subject; and a kit for evaluating the physiological and/or pathological condition of a subject, wherein the kit contains the tools for determining all detectable microRNAs that stably existing in the serum/plasma of a subject; and a biochip for evaluating the physiological and/or pathological condition of a subject, wherein the biochip contains the components for determining all detectable microRNAs stably existing in the serum/plasma of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: JIANGSU MINGMA BIOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHENYU ZHANG, JUNFENG ZHANG, XI CHEN, YI BA, JIANGNING CHEN, JIN WANG, KE ZENG, HONGJIE ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8660032
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting feedback of channel state information and user equipment. The method comprises: under a transmission mode, user equipment (UE) determining contents carried by channel state information according to indication information, wherein the indication information comprises at least one of the following: rank indicator (RI), channel quality indication information (CQI) and configuration signaling sent by a base station eNodeB; and the UE sending the channel state information to the eNodeB. The present invention solves the problem that the contents provided by the channel state information are not suitable for those transmission modes under which a multiple user-MIMO and a single user-MIMO can be switched from one to another, improving the applicability of the channel state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, Guanghui Yu, Qianzi Xu, Ruyue Li, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8638865
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aperiodic channel quality information sending method and a mobile terminal. The method comprises: a mobile terminal and network side pre-appointing one or more transmission modes which support the forming of dual flow beam, and aperiodic channel quality information CQI feedback mode(s) corresponding to the transmission modes; the network side indicating the mobile terminal with one pre-appointed transmission mode to be adopted, wherein when the mobile terminal receiving the indication of adopting the one pre-appointed transmission mode, the mobile terminal adopts the aperiodic CQI feedback mode corresponding to the one pre-appointed transmission mode to feed back the CQI information to the network side. The method of the present invention facilitates the reduction of signaling overhead and feedback overhead, the increase of the feedback dimensionality of the channel information, and the improvement of the throughput of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Jiang, Chenchen Zhang, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140010327
    Abstract: The present document provides a precoding method and system for open loop spatial multiplexing and a precoding indication method. The method includes: in transmission resources, a base station precodes N-layer data to be sent by using w a = [ u a ? · u a ] , wherein ?a is a vector or matrix related to a transmission resource location i; ? is a real number or a complex number related to the transmission resource location i; and N is an integer less than or equal to the number of base station transmission antennas. The present document can implement effective precoding in the case of open loop spatial multiplexing, and can also support the multiple antennas (such as 8 transmission antennas) application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Yu Ngok Li, Yunfeng Sun, Junfeng Zhang, Senbao Guo
  • Publication number: 20130315337
    Abstract: The present document provides a method for feeding back channel state information and a user equipment. The method includes: a user equipment determining a second parameter y of a feedback mode according to the number of Channel-State Information-reference signals (CSI-RS) ports configured by a high layer signaling or according to the number of CSI-RS ports and indication information indicating whether to feed back a pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI) and rank indicator (RI); the user equipment determining the feedback mode according to a transmission mode configured by the high layer signaling, a first parameter x of the feedback mode and the second parameter y of the feedback mode; and the user equipment feeding back the channel state information according to the determined feedback mode. The present document improves the system flexibility and performance and reduces the feedback overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, Yunfeng Sun, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8593989
    Abstract: In the invention, a method for determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) value in coordinated multi-point transmission/reception (COMP) is provided, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a receiving side feeds back an independent CQI value or normalized useful signal power of each point of all or part of the points in a COMP measurement set or reporting set to a network side; the receiving side feeds back the correlation coefficient between the channel of each point and the channel of a master serving point to the network side; and the network side determines, according to the correlation coefficient and the independent CQI value of each point or normalized useful signal power, the CQI value used for coordinated multi-point transmission/reception. In the invention, a device is also provided for determining the CQI value in COMP. The feedback overhead is low in the present invention, and a more accurate final CQI value can be obtained through function operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yunfeng Sun, Junfeng Zhang, Jing Jiang, Changqing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130294391
    Abstract: The disclosure claims a method and a device for transmitting a Position Reference Signal (PRS) subframe. In the disclosure, the network side configures certain channels or signals according to the configuration condition of the PRS, or the network side configures the PRS according to the configuration condition of certain channels or signals; the receiving side correctly identifies the length of Cyclic Prefix (CP) according to the configuration information issued by the network side, so as to correctly measure and accurately receive the channels or signals sent by the network side. The disclosure overcomes the technical problem in the conventional art that the length of CP is ambiguous, so that the signals cannot be measured and accurately received by the receiving side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Senbao Guo, Yunfeng Sun, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130286884
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device for determining Channel quality indication information, which is configured to perform channel measurement based on a reference signal, so as to obtain a CQI information. The method considers the influence of multiple factors on CQI calculation, including selection of a measurement reference signal as well as the influence of multiple complex conditions on CQI calculation, thereby solving the problem that an existing system is unable to obtain accurate Channel quality indication information when using a transmission mode 9, and enhancing the flexibility and performance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ruyue Li, Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, Senbao Guo, Bo Dai, Yunfeng Sun, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8547922
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a signal resource determination method, and the method includes that: carrying a dedicated demodulation data reference signal in a Resource Element (RE) on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, wherein the OFDM symbol is in a non-control channel area of a Resource Block (RB) and carries a non-common reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Guanghui Yu, Ruyue Li, Yunfeng Sun, Bo Dai, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130243108
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for sending channel information, and a terminal, a base station and an LTE-A system. The method comprises: a mobile terminal acquiring channel information; determining, in a codebook space, an RI and a PMI corresponding to the channel information according to the channel information; and sending the RI and the PMI to a base station. By way of the present invention, the effects of improving the throughput of an LTE-A system and the frequency spectrum efficiency thereof are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Yu Ngok Li, Jun Xu, Shupeng Li, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130235811
    Abstract: A method and system for indicating a transmission parameter are provided in the present invention. The method includes: when multi-user multi-input multi-output (MIMO) data are transmitted, using a newly-added indication signaling in a downlink control information format to indicate different joint encoded parameters when numbers of enabled transport blocks are different. Through adding new indication signaling in the present invention, different joint encoded parameters are indicated during the multi-user MIMO data transmission and the MIMO multi-user transmission based on the demodulation reference signal is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Yu Ngok Li, Bo Dai, Yunfeng Sun, Jun Xu, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130208819
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for feeding back channel information, which includes: configuring a same codebook space at a data transmitting end and a data receiving end (101); the data receiving end selecting, from the codebook space, a codeword matched with a channel, and transmitting a sequence number corresponding to the codeword to the data transmitting end (102); and the data transmitting end extracting, according to the sequence number, a corresponding codeword from a locally-configured codebook space to obtain channel state information (103). The present invention also discloses a system for feeding back channel information, which includes a data transmitting end and a data receiving end. The method and system for feeding back channel information solve the problem that there is no channel information feedback method for dual-polarized channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Guanghui Yu, Junfeng Zhang, Shupeng Li
  • Publication number: 20130188623
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a periodic feedback report. In this case, the method includes: coding a periodic feedback report to be transmitted and data information corresponding to a transmission block respectively, wherein the periodic feedback report includes one of the following information: a combined coding index of rank indicator (RI) information and first pre-coding matrix indicator (PMI-1) information, a combined coding index of the RI and pre-coding type indication (PTI) information, and the PMI-1; intercepting correspondingly coded information according to the target length; and when a transmission block corresponds to a single layer or multiple layers, carrying out channel interleave on the coded information on the single layer or multiple layers to be transmitted on the transmission block, and transmitting the interleaved information on a layer corresponding to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, YuNgok Li, Junfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130188593
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for channel information feedback and a terminal, applied in an 8 antennae system, comprising: a terminal acquires the channel information which comprises PMI1 information and RI information; the terminal jointly encodes the PMI1 information and RI information into a 5 bit Report Type; the terminal feeds back the Report Type on a physical uplink control channel. The disclosure solves the poor transmission performance of the system caused by high overhead of channel information feedback in the related arts, thus improving the performance of the terminal to feed back information and improving the transmission performance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Yungok Li, Jun Xu, Junfeng Zhang, Shupeng Li
  • Patent number: 8484174
    Abstract: A computing environment may be represented as a deployable object hierarchy, which may be organized according to an object hierarchy schema that is commonly shared among the computing environment host and the devices that are configured to render the computing environment. A particular object hierarchy schema is presented in detail for representing a computing environment, wherein many objects of the computing environment are modeled as resources that may be distinctly addressable (e.g., in a RESTful object hierarchy.) Many types of objects and properties thereof are presented in order to elucidate an exemplary object hierarchy schema and to illustrate exemplary objects and object hierarchies organized according thereto. Additional properties of various object hierarchy schemas include extensibility, deployability, and object addressing models with various advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dharma Shukla, Ori Amiga, Vijayendra Vasu, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8472308
    Abstract: A method for generating a preamble sequence and determining a cyclic shift. The method includes: when set a piece of root sequence can only generate one preamble sequence and there is no cyclic shift restriction, setting the cyclic shift step length NCS to be equal to 0 and the corresponding cyclic shift amount Cv=0, at this time the root sequence is directly used as the preamble sequence; when set a piece of root sequence can generate a plurality of preamble sequences and there is no cyclic shift restriction, the cyclic shift step length NCS being not equal to 0, at this time the cyclic shift amount Cv=v·NCS, wherein v=0, 1, 2, . . . , ?NZC/NCS??1. This method is applied to the situation that a root sequence generates a preamble sequence, and the method for generating the preamble sequence is simple and easy to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yan Xue, Huanxi Tan, Peng Hao, Guanghui Yu, Junfeng Zhang