Patents by Inventor Ke Yao

Ke Yao 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: 12726978
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Bo Gao, Ke Yao, Meng Mei, Xiaolong Guo, Wenjun Yan, Zhaohua Lu
  • Patent number: 12726312
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes determining at least one Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set configured by a BS, each SRS resource set comprises at least one SRS resource; and transmitting, to the BS, an uplink transmission based on the at least one SRS resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Yao, Bo Gao, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhaohua Lu, Wenjun Yan
  • Patent number: 12726241
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems that relate to grouping the Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) ports are disclosed so as to enable efficient demodulation and/or channel interference estimation by the terminal device. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a base station, a signaling message to a target terminal device indicating at least two groups of antenna ports associated with a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS). The at least two groups of antenna ports share no common antenna port. The method also includes performing, by the base station, a communication with a target terminal device based on the signaling message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Mei, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang, Ke Yao, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12726305
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is described. The wireless communication method includes deriving, by a user device, in response to a determination that a predetermined condition is met, at least one of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states of a target component carrier based on a TCI state of a reference component carrier; and applying the at least one of TCI states to the target component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Ke Yao, Bo Gao, Zhaohua Lu, Yu Ngok Li, Wenjun Yan
  • Publication number: 20260252213
    Abstract: An information display method, an apparatus, a readable medium, an electronic device and a program product. The method includes: displaying an object management page for managing a target object; and in response to a trigger operation on association information of the target object in the object management page, displaying target association information (including first association information and/or second association information) used for representing an association cognition of a user to the target object, where the first association information is used for representing association cognition information of the user to a category to which the target object belongs and the target object, and the second association information is used for representing association cognition information of the user to an attribute word of the target object and the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventors: Zhongrui CAO, Xiaoqian CHEN, Ziyi CHEN, Changxin CHEN, Xin CHEN, Shijia XU, Yanchi LI, Kun DU, Youjun ZHANG, Mengna BAI, Duoli XU, Zhijun GOU, Yihui XIE, Ke YAO, Chunqing SUN, Xin MENG, Danyi CHEN, Lang GONG
  • Patent number: 12720535
    Abstract: The systems and methods of the present disclosure include a method including determining, by a first wireless communication device, a feature of an uplink (UL) element and transmitting, by the first wireless communication device, the UL element according to the feature of the UL element, where the feature of the UL element includes a relationship between a value of a first parameter of the UL element and a value of a second parameter of the UL grant, where the UL element is associated with one or more values of the first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Bo Gao, Ke Yao
  • Patent number: 12712618
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving a configuration from the wireless communication node. The configuration indicates at least one of one or more numbers of port groups or one or more levels of coherence. The example method further includes determining a precoder for a transmission according to the configuration. The example method further includes performing the transmission using the precoder. In some embodiments, a total number of ports across the port groups is eight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke Yao, Bo Gao, Xiaolong Guo, Meng Mei, Yang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20260238291
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication, including: receiving, by a terminal device associated with a mobility event, one or more reference signals; determining, by the terminal device, information related to channel state information (CSI) based on the one or more reference signals, where the information includes at least a processing criterion or a computation time; and transmitting, by the terminal device, a CSI report to a base station based on the one or more reference signals and the information about the CSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Minqiang ZOU, Bo GAO, Guangyu JIANG, Ke YAO, Wenjun YAN
  • Patent number: 12707472
    Abstract: System, methods and apparatuses for initializing HARQ-ACK procedure by a specific DCI for beam indication can include a wireless communication device receiving, from a wireless communication node, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating one or more beam states. The wireless communication device may determine specific information comprising hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, according to the DCI. The wireless communication device may transmit, to the wireless communication node, an uplink channel that carries the HARQ-ACK information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Gao, Zhaohua Lu, Ke Yao, Chuangxin Jiang, Shujuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12706656
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for uplink frequency selective precoding. A wireless communication device may receive a first signaling from the wireless communication node. The first signaling may include a plurality of precoding information associated with a plurality of port groups. The wireless communication device may determine signals precoded according to the plurality of precoding information. The wireless communication device may transmit the signals to the wireless communication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Gao, Zhaohua Lu, Ke Yao, Minqiang Zou, Chuangxin Jiang, Meng Mei, Yang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20260230127
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication, and more specifically, to support high capability user equipment and to improve uplink (UL) quality. A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, from a wireless communication node, one or more precoder indications, where each of the precoder indication corresponds to one or more port groups. The method further includes determining, by the wireless communication device, a precoder for a transmission according to the one or more precoder indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Ke YAO, Bo GAO, Yang ZHANG, Meng MEI
  • Patent number: 12701525
    Abstract: Techniques are described to perform uplink transmission. An example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a communication device, at least one reference signal in at least one wireless time unit and a timing advance adjustment message, where the timing advance adjustment message indicates a timing advance related information; and transmitting, in response to the receiving the at least one reference signal, an uplink transmission in a second wireless time unit, where a start time of the second wireless time unit is based on at least one timing value of the at least one wireless time unit and the timing advance related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaolong Guo, Bo Gao, Yang Zhang, Ke Yao, Zhaohua Lu, Meng Mei
  • Patent number: 12696109
    Abstract: Provided are a method for detecting an artificial intelligence (AI) prediction beam, a node, and a storage medium. The method includes the following: A first communication node receives beam detection configuration information sent by a second communication node, the first communication node performs AI prediction beam quality detection according to the beam detection configuration information to obtain a beam quality value, and the first communication node re-determines a target beam in a case where the first communication node determines that the beam quality value does not meet a beam quality requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shijia Shao, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang, Ke Yao, Zhaohua Lu
  • Publication number: 20260214533
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method comprises: determining, by a user device, whether and/or when to perform a measurement and/or a tracking operation according to a predetermined rule; performing, in case that the determining determines to perform the measurement and/or the tracking operation, the measurement and/or tracking operation before a cell switch command, during the cell switch command, or after the cell switch command; and skipping, in case that the determining determines not to perform the measurement and/or the tracking operation, the measurement and/or tracking operation before a cell switch command, during the cell switch command, or after the cell switch command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Ling YANG, Bo GAO, Xiaolong GUO, Ke YAO
  • Publication number: 20260214679
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless communication are described. A wireless communication method includes receiving, by a wireless device, a first indicated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state specific to a first control resource set pool index and a second indicated TCI state specific to a second control resource set pool index. The method further includes receiving, by the wireless device, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), where the DCI is associated with a control resource set pool index from the first and second control resource set pool indexes. The method further includes determining, by the wireless device and based on the DCI, a TCI state for the PDSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Bo GAO, Zhaohua LU, Ke YAO, Wenfeng LIU, Ling YANG
  • Patent number: 12689482
    Abstract: Techniques are described to indicate reference signal port. An example wireless communication method includes determining, by a communication device, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port and at least one type of an orthogonal code; and receiving, by the communication device at the DMRS port, a DMRS based on the at least one type of the orthogonal code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Mei, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang, Ke Yao, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12689487
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems that relate to channel demodulation and interference estimation with respect to Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for co-scheduled terminal devices are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first terminal device, a signaling message from a base station scheduling a first transmission from the base station to the first terminal device. The method includes determining, by the first terminal device based on the signaling message, that at least one of the plurality of antenna ports is associated with a second transmission to a second terminal device and demodulating, by the first terminal device, the first transmission from the base station based on the signaling message and the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Mei, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang, Ke Yao, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12689483
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication is described. The wireless communication method includes receiving, by a communication device, an antenna port indication; and determining, by the communication device, a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port based on the antenna port indication. The first DMRS port is mapped to two resource elements of one physical resource block on one OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Mei, Shujuan Zhang, Bo Gao, Zhaohua Lu, Ke Yao
  • Patent number: 12684388
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for channel measurement and beam management. A wireless communication device may receive a configuration from a wireless communication node, the configuration including at least one channel measurement reference signal (RS) resource (CMR). The wireless communication device may perform, according to the configuration, measurement of the at least one CMR. The wireless communication device may send a report to the wireless communication node. The report may include at least one of: a CMR index, or a channel quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Shijia Shao, Bo Gao, Zhen He, Ke Yao, Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu
  • Publication number: 20260197768
    Abstract: Example implementations include a method of wireless communication by receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, a downlink signaling that comprises a plurality of Transmission Power Control (TPC) command fields which indicate one or more TPC command values, and sending, by the wireless communication device, one or more uplink transmissions using one or more closed loop indices that are determined based on the plurality of TPC command fields. Example implementations include a method of wireless communication by sending, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a downlink signaling that comprises a plurality of Transmission Power Control (TPC) command fields which indicate one or more TPC command values, and receiving, by the wireless communication node, one or more uplink transmissions using one or more closed loop indices that are determined based on the plurality of TPC command fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang ZHANG, Chuangxin JIANG, Bo GAO, Ke YAO, Hao WU, Zhaohua LU