Patents by Inventor Mingliang Tao
Mingliang Tao 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).
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Patent number: 10567122Abstract: A method, base station, and terminal for dynamic uplink configuration in a wireless communication system, the method including: determining reconfiguration information including a reconfiguration point of time, to employ first uplink and downlink subframe configuration in the first configuration period before the reconfiguration point of time, and to employ second uplink and downlink subframe configuration in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point of time; and in the last transmission period before the reconfiguration point of time, employing an uplink scheduling timing sequence of a reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration according to an uplink data timing sequence, the reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration including the second uplink and downlink subframe configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Mingliang Tao, Ting Fu
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Publication number: 20190229858Abstract: A method, base station, and terminal for dynamic uplink configuration in a wireless communication system, the method including: determining reconfiguration information including a reconfiguration point of time, to employ first uplink and downlink subframe configuration in the first configuration period before the reconfiguration point of time, and to employ second uplink and downlink subframe configuration in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point of time; and in the last transmission period before the reconfiguration point of time, employing an uplink scheduling timing sequence of a reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration according to an uplink data timing sequence, the reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration including the second uplink and downlink subframe configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Mingliang TAO, Ting FU
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Patent number: 10305642Abstract: A method, base station, and terminal for dynamic uplink configuration in a wireless communication system, the method including: determining reconfiguration information including a reconfiguration point of time, to employ first uplink and downlink subframe configuration in the first configuration period before the reconfiguration point of time, and to employ second uplink and downlink subframe configuration in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point of time; and in the last transmission period before the reconfiguration point of time, employing an uplink scheduling timing sequence of a reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration according to an uplink data timing sequence, the reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration including the second uplink and downlink subframe configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Mingliang Tao, Ting Fu
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Patent number: 10243708Abstract: A method performing dynamic downlink configuration in a wireless communications system, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: setting a reconfiguration point to enable a first uplink and downlink subframe configuration to be adopted in a first configuration period before the reconfiguration point and enable a second uplink and downlink subframe configuration to be adopted in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point; and adopting a reference uplink/downlink subframe configuration adapted for an uplink subframe intersection of respective uplink/downlink subframe configurations for a time sequence of a downlink HARQ process during the predetermined change of the dynamical downlink configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Ting Fu, Mingliang Tao, Zhongbin Qin
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Patent number: 10149308Abstract: A communication quality determination/acquisition device and method for a wireless communication system. The determination device includes: a measuring module configured to perform downlink channel quality measurement based on a distribution of static and dynamic downlink subframes of a target cell, wherein the static downlink subframes are downlink subframes relative to the target cell and at least one neighboring cell, while the dynamic downlink subframes are downlink subframes relative to the target cell and are uplink subframes relative to the at least one neighboring cell; and a communication module configured to report a downlink channel quality measurement result. By performing measurement and reporting while considering downlink subframe configurations and the distribution of the static and dynamic downlink subframes of the target cell, the device and method can accurately measure the channel quality under dynamic TDD UL/DL configurations and report the same to a network side.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Ting Fu, Mingliang Tao, Liang Zeng
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Patent number: 9854452Abstract: A device and method for clustering small cells in a time division duplex network, and a base station including the device. The device includes: a request receiving unit, configured to receive from a small cell base station a clustering request for implementing dynamic clustering; and a clustering determining unit, configured to determine whether to implement clustering at least based on the clustering request.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Mingliang Tao, Hui Liang
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Patent number: 9756506Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for clustering small cells in TDD networks and a base station including the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an information acquiring unit, configured to acquire a transmitting feature among the small cells in the TDD networks and uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell; and a clustering unit, configured to clustering the small cells based on the transmitting feature among the small cells and the uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell acquired by the information acquiring unit, to obtain at least one small cell cluster.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Mingliang Tao, Hui Liang
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Publication number: 20170034714Abstract: A device and method for clustering small cells in a time division duplex network, and a base station including the device. The device includes: a request receiving unit, configured to receive from a small cell base station a clustering request for implementing dynamic clustering; and a clustering determining unit, configured to determine whether to implement clustering at least based on the clustering request.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei CUI, Mingliang TAO, Hui LIANG
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Publication number: 20160374099Abstract: A communication quality determination/acquisition device and method for a wireless communication system. The determination device includes: a measuring module configured to perform downlink channel quality measurement based on a distribution of static and dynamic downlink subframes of a target cell, wherein the static downlink subframes are downlink subframes relative to the target cell and at least one neighboring cell, while the dynamic downlink subframes are downlink subframes relative to the target cell and are uplink subframes relative to the at least one neighboring cell; and a communication module configured to report a downlink channel quality measurement result. By performing measurement and reporting while considering downlink subframe configurations and the distribution of the static and dynamic downlink subframes of the target cell, the device and method can accurately measure the channel quality under dynamic TDD UL/DL configurations and report the same to a network side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei CUI, Ting FU, Mingliang TAO, Liang ZENG
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Publication number: 20160218838Abstract: A method, base station, and terminal for dynamic uplink configuration in a wireless communication system, the method including: determining reconfiguration information including a reconfiguration point of time, to employ first uplink and downlink subframe configuration in the first configuration period before the reconfiguration point of time, and to employ second uplink and downlink subframe configuration in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point of time; and in the last transmission period before the reconfiguration point of time, employing an uplink scheduling timing sequence of a reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration according to an uplink data timing sequence, the reference uplink and downlink subframe configuration including the second uplink and downlink subframe configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei CUI, Mingliang TAO, Ting FU
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Publication number: 20160013902Abstract: A method performing dynamic downlink configuration in a wireless communications system, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: setting a reconfiguration point to enable a first uplink and downlink subframe configuration to be adopted in a first configuration period before the reconfiguration point and enable a second uplink and downlink subframe configuration to be adopted in a second configuration period after the reconfiguration point; and adopting a reference uplink/downlink subframe configuration adapted for an uplink subframe intersection of respective uplink/downlink subframe configurations for a time sequence of a downlink HARQ process during the predetermined change of the dynamical downlink configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei CUI, Ting FU, Mingliang TAO, Zhongbin Qin
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Publication number: 20150327076Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for clustering small cells in TDD networks and a base station including the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an information acquiring unit, configured to acquire a transmitting feature among the small cells in the TDD networks and uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell; and a clustering unit, configured to clustering the small cells based on the transmitting feature among the small cells and the uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell acquired by the information acquiring unit, to obtain at least one small cell cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Mingliang Tao, Hui Liang