Patents by Inventor Ning Qiu

Ning Qiu 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: 8750256
    Abstract: A method for configuring a service and a method and apparatus for rate matching in a TD-SCDMA system, this method for configuring the service includes: taking that a check bit puncturing ratio should be more than 7i+a or less than 7i?a as a newly added constraint condition, and the check bit puncturing ratios of each configured service being outside a range of [7i+a, 7i?a], the method for rate matching includes: when puncturing each path of check bits of the current data block, if a difference between a position Pk of kth reserved check bit calculated according to a method defined by the service and a previously determined position NPk?1 of k?1th reserved check bit is a positive integral multiple of 7, determining a position NPk of kth reserved check bit as Pk plus 1 or Pk minus 1, and Pk plus 1 and Pk minus 1 requiring carrying out alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Haifeng Ni, Wenqi Zeng, Xuehong Tian, Jiwen Wang, Jian Cheng, Yu Chen, Min Bi, Xiaolong Ran, Fanping Du, Lihong Liang
  • Patent number: 8743911
    Abstract: A synchronization method is disclosed, including: obtaining a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}0 of one time slot of an initial update period; taking Ntrack frames as an update period to adjust the synchronization symbol position, and the step of adjusting the synchronization symbol position including: obtaining a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over ({circumflex over (d)}k+1=dk+Ntrack{circumflex over (T)}k of a corresponding time slot of a (k+1)th update period according to a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}k of a corresponding time slot of a kth update period and an inter-frame sampling derivation estimation value {circumflex over (T)}k of said kth update period; obtaining synchronization symbol positions of other time slots in said kth update period according to the synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}k of the corresponding time slot of the kth update period and the inter-frame sampling derivation estimation value {circumflex over (T)}k
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yueyi You, Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 8677222
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a device for decoding an RS code, the method comprising: receiving bit reliability information of the RS code output by a channel, performing a hard decision on the bit reliability information to obtain a hard-decision result value sequence; determining a type of an error of the hard-decision result value sequence according to an initial check array corresponding to an encoding mode of the RS code; according to preset corresponding relationships between types of errors of the hard-decision result value sequence and error-correcting modes capable of correcting the errors, determining an error-correcting mode corresponding to the type of the error of the hard-decision result value sequence, and performing a bit error correction on the hard-decision result value sequence according to the determined error-correcting mode; outputting the hard-decision result value sequence after the bit error correction as a decoding result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yueyi You, Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 8582634
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an OFDM signal demodulation method and device thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao
  • Publication number: 20130116957
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a fine frequency offset estimation method and apparatus. The method comprises: calculating a first accumulated estimation value corresponding to a first multiframe state according to a phase relevant value of a subframe and a phase of a subframe in the first multiframe state; calculating a second accumulated estimation value corresponding to a second multiframe state according to the phase relevant value of the subframe and a phase of a subframe in the second multiframe state; determining that a decision result of a multiframe state is the first multiframe state or the second multiframe state according to the first accumulated estimation value and the second accumulated estimation value; and performing a fine frequency offset estimation according to the decision result of the multiframe state. The apparatus disclosed in the disclosure is less coupled with other modules, has excellent performance in various environments, and realizes the unbiased estimation of timing offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Wenqi Zeng, Tiankun Yu, Zhong Wei Liu, Yannan Xing, Lihong Liang, Liwen Li, Feng Lin, Jintao Chu, Xinhua Chen
  • Publication number: 20130058362
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-frame synchronization method, the method comprises: for each received sub-frame, a receiver determining a probability that the received sub-frame is each of sub-frames in a multi-frame, a sub-frame with maximum probability being a state of the currently received sub-frame after N sub-frames are received. The present invention further discloses a receiving apparatus for multi-frame synchronization comprising a calculation module; wherein the calculation module is configured to calculate a probability that a received sub-frame is each of sub-frames in a multi-frame, and determine a state of the currently received sub-frame based on a sub-frame with maximum probability after N sub-frames are received. The present invention effectively achieves a position for multi-frame synchronization and low calculation complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Wenqi Zeng, Tiankun Yu, Zhongwei Liu, Yannan Xing, Lihong Liang, Liwen Li, Feng Lin, Jintao Chu
  • Publication number: 20130021966
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for estimating frequency deviation, the method comprising: after receiving a sub-frame, transforming a downlink synchronized code of the sub-frame to a frequency domain, and performing a correlation operation between the transformed downlink synchronized code and a local frequency domain synchronized code to obtain a conjugate downlink synchronized code sequence; judging a location of a maximum value in the conjugate downlink synchronized code sequence, and calculating a frequency deviation value according to the location of the maximum value. The estimating method provided in the invention can realize a stable work with no need of a precise sampling value location, an accurate timing synchronization, or even obtaining the information for the multi-path distribution and locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Wenqi Zeng, Tiankun Yu, Zhongwei Liu, Yannan Xing, Lihong Liang, Liwen Li, Feng Lin, Jintao Chu
  • Publication number: 20120166915
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a device for decoding an RS code, the method comprising: receiving bit reliability information of the RS code output by a channel, performing a hard decision on the bit reliability information to obtain a hard-decision result value sequence; determining a type of an error of the hard-decision result value sequence according to an initial check array corresponding to an encoding mode of the RS code; according to preset corresponding relationships between types of errors of the hard-decision result value sequence and error-correcting modes capable of correcting the errors, determining an error-correcting mode corresponding to the type of the error of the hard-decision result value sequence, and performing a bit error correction on the hard-decision result value sequence according to the determined error-correcting mode; outputting the hard-decision result value sequence after the bit error correction as a decoding result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yueyi You, Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120114031
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an OFDM signal demodulation method and device thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao
  • Publication number: 20120099608
    Abstract: A synchronization method is disclosed, including: obtaining a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}0 of one time slot of an initial update period; taking Ntrack frames as an update period to adjust the synchronization symbol position, and the step of adjusting the synchronization symbol position including: obtaining a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over ({circumflex over (d)}k+1=dk+Ntrack{circumflex over (T)}k of a corresponding time slot of a (k+1)th update period according to a synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}k of a corresponding time slot of a kth update period and an inter-frame sampling derivation estimation value {circumflex over (T)}k of said kth update period; obtaining synchronization symbol positions of other time slots in said kth update period according to the synchronization symbol position {circumflex over (d)}k of the corresponding time slot of the kth update period and the inter-frame sampling derivation estimation value {circumflex over (T)}k
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yueyi You, Qiang Li, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120082053
    Abstract: A method for configuring a service and a method and apparatus for rate matching in a TD-SCDMA system, this method for configuring the service includes: taking that a check bit puncturing ratio should be more than 7i+a or less than 7i?a as a newly added constraint condition, and the check bit puncturing ratios of each configured service being outside a range of [7i+a, 7i?a], the method for rate matching includes: when puncturing each path of check bits of the current data block, if a difference between a position Pk of kth reserved check bit calculated according to a method defined by the service and a previously determined position NPk-1 of k?1th reserved check bit is a positive integral multiple of 7, determining a position NPk of kth reserved check bit as Pk plus 1 or Pk minus 1, and Pk plus 1 and Pk minus 1 requiring carrying out alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Haifeng Ni, Wenqi Zeng, Xuehong Tian, Jiwen Wang, Jian Cheng, Yu Chen, Min Bi, Xiaolong Ran, Fanping Du, Lihong Liang
  • Publication number: 20110228884
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for filtering orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) channel estimate result, to solve the problems in the prior art that for channel estimate result filtering the realization is complex or the performance is poor. By embodiments the following method is described: transforming time domain synchronous symbols received by the terminal equipment to frequency domain synchronous symbols; computing frequency domain impulse response sequences based on the frequency domain synchronous symbols; adjusting least mean square (LMS) adaptive filter coefficients based on the frequency domain impulse response sequences; obtaining coefficients of the data symbol channel estimate result frequency domain filter based on the coefficients obtained from said adjusting; filtering the OFDM channel estimate result by using the data symbol channel estimate result frequency domain filter. The corresponding device is disclosed by the embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Li Chen, Nanshan Cao, Tao Zhang, Yueyi You