Patents by Inventor Ming AI

Ming AI 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: 20260087711
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of X-ray based medical imaging technology, providing a method, device, and CT scanning imaging system for spectral CT imaging, which may improve the efficiency of reconstructed images. In this disclosure, after obtaining multiple data frames collected by the detector, each data frame is cached in energy segments and stored in memory; Read the data frames required for image reconstruction from memory or disk; Obtain reconstructed images using the read data frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventor: Ming Ai
  • Publication number: 20250393082
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for establishing a communication connection, and a readable storage medium, which relates to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: transmitting, by a DDU, a first request to an AP, where the first request is used to establish an interface between the DDU and the AP; or, receiving, by a DDU, a second request from an AP, where the second request is used to establish an interface between the AP and the DDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li CHEN, Shaohui SUN, Ming AI, Fangchen CHENG, Jinbo ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250274898
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for reducing positioning power consumption, a network element, a terminal, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The method for reducing positioning power consumption, applied to a first network element, includes the first network element sending a first message to a second network element or a third network element, the first message carrying a low-power consumption indication and/or region information, the low-power consumption indication being used to indicate execution of a low-power consumption positioning process, and the region information being used to indicate a region allowing a terminal to send an event report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Yunjing HOU, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20250240766
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assisted positioning method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: a target UE sends a first message to an AMF, the first message including association information of a neighboring UE of the target UE. According to the assisted positioning method and device, and the storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, association information of a neighboring UE of a target UE is sent to an AMF, and the target UE is subjected to assisted positioning by using the association information of the neighboring UE, and the positioning precision is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yunjing HOU, Qiang DENG, Chenxi BAO, Yong JIANG, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20250227652
    Abstract: This application provides a method and a device for obtaining information of a positioning reference unit, and a communication device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first LMF, positioning reference unit (PRU) information; and performing, by the first LMF, first processing according to the PRU information, wherein the first processing comprises at least one of the following: storing the PRU information; transmitting the PRU information to a first network function; determining location information of a UE according to the PRU information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjing HOU, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20250126593
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, an information transmission apparatus, and a device, so as to solve the problem in the related art where there is a delay when obtaining a position of a UE. The method is applied to a positioning function entity with an interface between the positioning function entity and an RAN device. The method includes: transmitting, by the positioning function entity, a first request message to the RAN device through the interface, where the first request message is used to request position-related information; and, receiving, by the positioning function entity, a first response message in response to the first request message from the RAN device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjing HOU, Ming AI, Yong JIANG, Chenxi BAO
  • Patent number: 11765648
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of communications. Disclosed are an access type selection method and device and a storage medium, for solving the problem in the prior art that the location service for a UE cannot be implemented under an access of a 3GPP access type and a non-3GPP access type when AMFs servicing the UE are different. The method comprises: a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) receives a second request sent from a location service (LCS) client; and the GMLC determines an access type for transmitting location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjing Hou, Ming Ai
  • Patent number: 11751084
    Abstract: A location resource coordinating method, a location resource coordinating device, a network node, a UE, and a base station are provided. The location resource coordinating method includes: sending location resource coordination information to a base station before performing location measurement for a serving UE; the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell of the base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell, or the location resource coordination information includes the identity information of a target cell for which the base station activates a location resource, and instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information; the base station is a base station related to the serving UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun Zhang, Haiyang Quan, Ming Ai
  • Publication number: 20230032142
    Abstract: Disclosed are an information transmission method and device, used for avoiding paging of a service network of a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) when a multiple-USIM terminal leave the service network, thereby saving network resources. The method provided in the present application comprises: when the multiple-USIM terminal needs to leave the service network of a USIM, sending to a network side an instruction for entering a Mobile Initiated Connection Only (MICO) mode or a Power Saving Mode (PSM); and upon the receipt of a confirmation message from the network side in response to the instruction, leaving the service network of the USIM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chenxi BAO, Hucheng WANG, Ming AI
  • Patent number: 11540249
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positioning management method, a positioning management device, an NG-RAN node and a core network node. The positioning management method includes: receiving a positioning request message from the core network node; performing positioning measurement in accordance with the positioning request message, so as to acquire a positioning measurement result; and acquiring position information about a target UE in accordance with the positioning measurement result, and feeding the position information back to the core network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun Zhang, Haiyang Quan, Ming Ai
  • Patent number: 11490443
    Abstract: A data transmission method, a data transmission apparatus, and a session management device are provided. The data transmission method includes obtaining state information of a UE to which downlink data is destined; selecting, for the UE, a first gateway function entity for transmission of the current downlink data according to the state information of the UE; determining a first data transmission path between the first gateway function entity and a second gateway function entity; and performing the transmission of the downlink data according to the first data transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hucheng Wang, Ming Ai, Yunjing Hou
  • Patent number: 11405783
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular to an access control method and device, for use in resolving the problem in the prior art that a user equipment cannot securely access an access points group (APG). According to the embodiments of the present invention, when a user equipment needs to access a network, the user equipment conducts network-layer two-way authentication with a local service center; after the network-layer two-way authentication succeeds, the user equipment conducts access-layer two-way authentication with a corresponding APG so as to enable the user equipment to access the corresponding APG after the access-layer two-way authentication succeeds. The embodiments of the present invention use dual-layer two-way authentication, and enables the user equipment to access a corresponding APG after the dual-layer two-way authentication succeeds, so that the user equipment can securely access the corresponding APG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanzhi Chen, Zhonglin Chen, Ming Ai
  • Patent number: 11265708
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of wireless communications, especially a method and device for joining an access node group (APG), for use in resolving the problem in the prior art of an access node being unable to join an APG securely. In the embodiments of the present invention, the access node performs network layer two-way authentication with a local service center after determining to join the APG; and the access node performs network configuration according to configuration information in a network configuration message after receiving the network configuration message sent by the local service center. Therefore, an APG corresponding to a user equipment follows the user equipment, and at the same time, it can be ensured that an access node may join the APG securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanzhi Chen, Zhonglin Chen, Ming Ai
  • Publication number: 20220007326
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a selection method, a selection device, a management function entity, an access network node, a GMLC and a NRF. The selection method of a location management function entity includes: receiving a positioning request message sent by a GMLC; the positioning request message including an identifier of a target UE and a positioning QOS requirement; obtaining information of a wireless access network where the target UE is located; selecting a target LLMF entity according to the information of the wireless access network where the target UE is located, the positioning QOS requirement, and pre-stored related information of the LLMF entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun ZHANG, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20210392612
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device and a terminal for location message transmission processing. The method for location message transmission processing is applied to an access network equipment and includes: performing LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message interaction with a terminal through a local location management function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICTIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun ZHANG, Haiyang QUAN, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20210345147
    Abstract: A location resource coordinating method, a location resource coordinating device, a network node, a UE, and a base station are provided. The location resource coordinating method includes: sending location resource coordination information to a base station before performing location measurement for a serving UE; the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell of the base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell, or the location resource coordination information includes the identity information of a target cell for which the base station activates a location resource, and instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information; the base station is a base station related to the serving UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun ZHANG, Haiyang QUAN, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20210297982
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positioning management method, a positioning management device, an NG-RAN node and a core network node. The positioning management method includes: receiving a positioning request message from the core network node; performing positioning measurement in accordance with the positioning request message, so as to acquire a positioning measurement result; and acquiring position information about a target UE in accordance with the positioning measurement result, and feeding the position information back to the core network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun ZHANG, Haiyang QUAN, Ming AI
  • Publication number: 20210227454
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are an access type selection method and device and a storage medium, for solving the technical problem in the prior art that the location service for a UE cannot be implemented under an access of a 3GPP access type and a non-3GPP access type when AMFs servicing the UE are different. The method comprises: a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) receives a second request sent from a location service (LCS) client; and the GMLC determines an access type for transmitting location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yunjing HOU, Ming AI
  • Patent number: 11057813
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting downlink data, to resolve the issue of erroneous transmission of downlink data of UE when the UE moves from an EPS network to a 5G network. The method comprises: after receiving a request message for updating a session management context of the UE, a session management function entity in embodiments of the present application determining that the UE has moved from a first network to a second network; the session management function entity notifying a user plane function entity to delete a user plane connection of the UE in the first network, and creating a user plane connection of the UE in the second network, such that the user plane function entity transmits downlink data of the UE through the newly created user plane connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shanzhi Chen, Hucheng Wang, Ming Ai
  • Publication number: 20200344656
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting downlink data, to resolve the issue of erroneous transmission of downlink data of UE when the UE moves from an EPS network to a 5G network. The method comprises: after receiving a request message for updating a session management context of the UE, a session management function entity in embodiments of the present application determining that the UE has moved from a first network to a second network; the session management function entity notifying a user plane function entity to delete a user plane connection of the UE in the first network, and creating a user plane connection of the UE in the second network, such that the user plane function entity transmits downlink data of the UE through the newly created user plane connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Shanzhi CHEN, Hucheng WANG, Ming AI