Patents by Inventor Pingping Xing

Pingping Xing 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: 10645732
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for determining timing advance grouping, and relate to the field of communications, the method, device and system for determining timing advance grouping. The method includes adding, by a base station (eNodeB), a component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE); according to obtained timing advance (TA) group information or a preset rule, determining a TA group that the added CC belongs to, where the TA group is a set of CCs that can share a TA; and sending identification information that identifies the TA group to the UE. Embodiments of the present invention are used to determine TA grouping when the eNodeB adds the CC for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Jiang, Zhongbin Qin, Yinghui Yu, Junren Chang, Mingzeng Dai, Guanglin Han, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Yajuan Li, Boyun Xie, Yi Guo, Pingping Xing
  • Patent number: 10383047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for establishing a service in a first frequency in a communication network, wherein the first frequency does not support the service or supports it in a limited way, the method comprises the following steps: determining the service to be established, re-selecting or redirecting to a second frequency that is suitable for the service, so as to carry out the service in the second frequency. The present invention also relates to user equipment and a network apparatus for establishing a service in a first frequency in a communication network, wherein the first frequency does not support the service or supports it in a limited way. According to the present invention, a non-MBMS service may be established in the MBMS dedicated frequency, so as to carry out the non-MBMS service in the normal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Pingping Xing, Zhongji Hu, Yu Chen, Hua Chao
  • Patent number: 10314086
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio bearer setup method, including: establishing, by a base station, an SRB with UE according to a configuration parameter of the SRB, and establishing, according to configuration parameters of N DRBs that carry N services, the N DRBs with the UE, where N?2, N is an integer, M of the N DRBs occupy different transmission channels and different physical channels, 2?M?N, M is an integer, and a transmission channel and a physical channel occupied by the SRB are different from a transmission channel and a physical channel occupied by at least one of the N DRBs. In this way, interruption in all service data between the UE and the base station and a call drop in a communication connection are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pingping Xing
  • Patent number: 10285109
    Abstract: The present application provide a method includes: establishing, by a base station, a CP connection to a UE according to a configuration parameter of the CP connection and a UP connection to the UE according to a configuration parameter of the UP connection, where a transmission channel occupied by the CP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the CP connection is different from the transmission channel occupied by the UP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the UP connection, and transmission channels occupied by the CP connection and UP connection are also different. Therefore, the CP connection and the UP connection are not interrupted at the same time, which leads to no call drop occurring in a communication connection and improves user experience; and reduces a time delay, increases a network throughput, and further improves data transmission flexibility in an UP connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pingping Xing
  • Publication number: 20180368182
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for determining timing advance grouping, and relate to the field of communications, the method, device and system for determining timing advance grouping. The method includes adding, by a base station (eNodeB), a component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE); according to obtained timing advance (TA) group information or a preset rule, determining a TA group that the added CC belongs to, where the TA group is a set of CCs that can share a TA; and sending identification information that identifies the TA group to the UE. Embodiments of the present invention are used to determine TA grouping when the eNodeB adds the CC for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yi Jiang, Zhongbin Qin, Yinghui Yu, Junren Chang, Mingzeng Dai, Guanglin Han, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Yajuan Li, Boyun Xie, Yi Guo, Pingping Xing
  • Patent number: 10085287
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for determining timing advance grouping. In one embodiment, a base station adds a component carrier (CC) for a user equipment (UE). The base station determines a timing advance (TA) group to which the added CC belongs. The TA group is a set of CCs that can share a TA. The base station sends identification information that identifies the TA group to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Jiang, Zhongbin Qin, Yinghui Yu, Junren Chang, Mingzeng Dai, Guanglin Han, Wei Quan, Jian Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Yajuan Li, Boyun Xie, Yi Guo, Pingping Xing
  • Publication number: 20180132294
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio bearer setup method, including: establishing, by a base station, an SRB with UE according to a configuration parameter of the SRB, and establishing, according to configuration parameters of N DRBs that carry N services, the N DRBs with the UE, where N?2, N is an integer, M of the N DRBs occupy different transmission channels and different physical channels, 2?M?N, M is an integer, and a transmission channel and a physical channel occupied by the SRB are different from a transmission channel and a physical channel occupied by at least one of the N DRBs. In this way, interruption in all service data between the UE and the base station and a call drop in a communication connection are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Pingping XING
  • Patent number: 9866682
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for processing a non-access stratum message, user equipment, and a network side device. The user equipment includes a configuration module, at least one non-access stratum module, and at least two access stratum modules, and the at least two access stratum modules separately support different network standards, where the configuration module is configured to acquire configuration information, and map the at least one non-access stratum module to at least one of the access stratum modules according to the configuration information, so that the at least one non-access stratum module transfers a non-access stratum message with the access stratum module to which mapping is performed. According to the present invention, a technical problem that a mapping relationship between an access stratum and a non-access stratum in prior-art user equipment is fixed can be resolved, signaling interactions can be reduced, and a delay can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pingping Xing
  • Publication number: 20170257809
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, a user equipment, and a single radio controller. The method includes: establishing, by a user equipment, a first connection with an SRC by using a first communications network; and sending, by the user equipment, NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network to the SRC by using the first connection, and/or receiving NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network from the SRC by using the first connection. Therefore, in the embodiments of the present invention, NAS/L3 signaling of a second communications network is transmitted over the first connection that is established in a first communications network, so that a service can flexibly switch between different RATs, and the system efficiency is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming FANG, Yanyan CHEN, Bin TAN, Pingping XING
  • Patent number: 9706462
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, a user equipment, and a single radio controller. The method includes: establishing, by a user equipment, a first connection with an SRC by using a first communications network; and sending, by the user equipment, NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network to the SRC by using the first connection, and/or receiving NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network from the SRC by using the first connection. Therefore, in the embodiments of the present invention, NAS/L3 signaling of a second communications network is transmitted over the first connection that is established in a first communications network, so that a service can flexibly switch between different RATs, and the system efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Fang, Yanyan Chen, Bin Tan, Pingping Xing
  • Patent number: 9609561
    Abstract: The embodiments of present invention provide a mobile communications method, a device, and a system. The method is performed by an access network device, including: receiving, by using a terrestrial interface of a first network standard between an access network and a first core network, a first terrestrial interface message of the first network standard sent by the first core network; generating, according to an air interface protocol of an air interface of a second network standard between the access network and UE and the first terrestrial interface message, a first air interface message of the second network standard; and sending, by using the air interface of the second network standard, the first air interface message to the UE. The method implements direct communication between network devices of different standards in a mobile communications system, thereby decoupling an air interface from a terrestrial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pingping Xing, Ming Fang, Yanyan Chen, Bin Tan
  • Publication number: 20170006518
    Abstract: The present application provide a method includes: establishing, by a base station, a CP connection to a UE according to a configuration parameter of the CP connection and a UP connection to the UE according to a configuration parameter of the UP connection, where a transmission channel occupied by the CP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the CP connection is different from the transmission channel occupied by the UP connection which is indicated by the configuration parameter of the UP connection, and transmission channels occupied by the CP connection and UP connection are also different. Therefore, the CP connection and the UP connection are not interrupted at the same time, which leads to no call drop occurring in a communication connection and improves user experience; and reduces a time delay, increases a network throughput, and further improves data transmission flexibility in an UP connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pingping XING
  • Patent number: 9451588
    Abstract: A scheduling method for multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) is provided according to the present invention, comprising steps of: configuring service specific information and service scheduling information separately from MBMS service data to form an MCCH control message of an MBMS control channel; and transmitting the MCCH control message and the MBMS service data to a receiving end, wherein the service specific information and the service scheduling information are applied with a single-frequency network combining scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Yu Chen, He Wang, Pingping Xing, Yonggang Wang
  • Patent number: 9380504
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, a user equipment, and a base station for changing an access cell. According to the method, the user equipment, and the base station in the embodiments of the present invention, when the UE leaves the coverage of the first radio network and the UE is in the dual-camped state, the first cell of the first radio network that the UE currently accesses is changed to the second cell of the second radio network that the UE currently accesses, so as to avoid a cell change failure caused by an incorrect target cell during cell reselection or handover, thereby accurately changing an access cell, reducing network delay, and improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pingping Xing, Mingzeng Dai, Jun Qin
  • Publication number: 20160182711
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for processing a non-access stratum message, user equipment, and a network side device. The user equipment includes a configuration module, at least one non-access stratum module, and at least two access stratum modules, and the at least two access stratum modules separately support different network standards, where the configuration module is configured to acquire configuration information, and map the at least one non-access stratum module to at least one of the access stratum modules according to the configuration information, so that the at least one non-access stratum module transfers a non-access stratum message with the access stratum module to which mapping is performed. According to the present invention, a technical problem that a mapping relationship between an access stratum and a non-access stratum in prior-art user equipment is fixed can be resolved, signaling interactions can be reduced, and a delay can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Pingping Xing
  • Publication number: 20160037417
    Abstract: The embodiments of present invention provide a mobile communications method, a device, and a system. The method is performed by an access network device, including: receiving, by using a terrestrial interface of a first network standard between an access network and a first core network, a first terrestrial interface message of the first network standard sent by the first core network; generating, according to an air interface protocol of an air interface of a second network standard between the access network and UE and the first terrestrial interface message, a first air interface message of the second network standard; and sending, by using the air interface of the second network standard, the first air interface message to the UE. The method implements direct communication between network devices of different standards in a mobile communications system, thereby decoupling an air interface from a terrestrial interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pingping XING, Ming FANG, Yanyan CHEN, Bin TAN
  • Publication number: 20150373670
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio communications method and device, where the method is applicable to a radio communications system, where the radio communications system includes a unified control area, the unified control area includes areas covered by two or more cells of different standards, and the method includes: configuring, by a network-side device, a unified broadcast control channel for the unified control area; and sending, by the network-side device and over the unified broadcast control channel, a broadcast message to an idle-state user equipment UE that is located in the unified control area and camps on the unified broadcast control channel. By using this method, in a process in which a UE in an idle state moves in coverage areas of different standards, a standard on which the UE camps does not need to be changed, thereby reducing complexity of mobility management and reducing signaling overheads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming FANG, Yanyan Chen, Bin Tan, Pingping Xing
  • Patent number: 9220125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for processing a heartbeat message, a method for acquiring a heartbeat period, and an access network device. The method for processing a heartbeat message includes: acquiring, by a terminal, heartbeat control information (101); and sending, by the terminal, a heartbeat message according to the heartbeat control information (102). Embodiments of the present invention can reduce the signaling processing burden on a network side device and reduce the power consumption of a terminal, thereby ensuring the normal operation of the communication service of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzeng Dai, Pingping Xing, Qufang Huang
  • Publication number: 20150257068
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, a user equipment, and a single radio controller. The method includes: establishing, by a user equipment, a first connection with an SRC by using a first communications network; and sending, by the user equipment, NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network to the SRC by using the first connection, and/or receiving NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of a second communications network from the SRC by using the first connection. Therefore, in the embodiments of the present invention, NAS/L3 signaling of a second communications network is transmitted over the first connection that is established in a first communications network, so that a service can flexibly switch between different RATs, and the system efficiency is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming FANG, Yanyan CHEN, Bin TAN, Pingping XING
  • Patent number: 9060364
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a scheduling method and a device, which may avoid a conflict between scheduling performed by a first system on a UE and using, by the UE, a second system on a frequency band adjacent to a frequency band of the first system, such as receiving or sending, by the UE, data or a message of the second system. In this way, the problem of mutual interference in message reception and transmission that are performed by the UE in two systems on adjacent frequency bands is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pingping Xing, Yi Guo