Patents by Inventor Kefeng Kenny Zhang

Kefeng Kenny 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: 11950127
    Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
  • Patent number: 11825337
    Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
  • Publication number: 20230180053
    Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
  • Publication number: 20220369157
    Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana
  • Publication number: 20220078662
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-cellular communication system Quality of Service (QoS) mapping are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed for operating a cellular communications system as a virtual TSN node in a TSN system comprises, at a TSN application function, receiving one or more TSN QoS parameters for the virtual TSN node from a controller associated with the TSN system and providing the one or more TSN QoS parameters to a core network function in a core network of the cellular communications system. The method further comprises, at the core network function, receiving the one or more TSN QoS parameters, mapping them to one or more QoS policies and/or one or more rules in the cellular communications system, and applying the one or more QoS policies and/or the one or more rules in the cellular communications system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kun Wang, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Torsten Dudda, Marilet De Andrade Jardim, János Harmatos, Dinand Roeland, Balázs Varga
  • Publication number: 20220046462
    Abstract: Systems and method are disclosed herein that relate to support for virtual Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge management, Quality of Service (QoS) mapping, and TSN related scheduling in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method performed by one or more network nodes of a cellular communications system operating as a virtual TSN bridge of a TSN network comprises providing, to a controller associated with the TSN network, parameters that relate to capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge. The parameters that relate to the capabilities of the virtual TSN bridge comprise a first parameter that defines a clock accuracy of an entity in the cellular communications system that operates gating control for the virtual TSN bridge and a second parameter that informs the controller associated with the TSN network that the virtual TSN bridge or a particular egress port of the virtual TSN bridge is restricted to exclusive gating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Marilet De Andrade Jardim, Kefeng Kenny Zhang, János Harmatos, János Farkas, Kun Wang, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Joachim Sachs, Balázs Varga, Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Chunmeng Wang, György Miklós, Shabnam Sultana