Patents by Inventor Pingping Zong

Pingping Zong 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: 9036731
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a data signal onto a carrier signal to generate a modulated signal having a transmit frequency within a predefined frequency range adjacent to and within a boundary of an uplink frequency band, a filter configured to at least partially remove a carrier frequency component from the modulated signal to produce a filtered modulated signal, and an antenna configured to transmit the filtered modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Resources Group, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20150117332
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a request receipt component, an interference component, and a grant/deny component. The request receipt component is configured to receive a first signal indicating a request to transmit to the UE from a first transmitting UE and to receive one or more additional signals indicating that one or more additional transmitting UEs are requesting to transmit to corresponding target UEs. The interference component identifies, based on a received power of the first signal and the one or more additional signals, one or more potentially incompatible UEs. The incompatible UEs may include at least one of the one or more additional transmitting UEs. The grant/deny component is configured to send a signal indicating a block on transmission by the one or more incompatible UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Utsaw Kumar, Huaning Niu, Yuan Zhu, Pingping Zong, Jong-Kae Fwu
  • Publication number: 20150043447
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of steering data radio bearer traffic to a wireless local area network link. For example, a User Equipment (UE) may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to communicate traffic of a plurality of Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) via a cellular link between the UE and an evolved Node B (eNB); and a controller to establish at least one Point-to-Point (P2P) link with the eNB via a WLAN link between the UE and a WLAN Access Point (AP), and to steer traffic of one or more of the DRBs from the cellular link to the P2P link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Alexander Sirotkin, Pingping Zong
  • Patent number: 8923877
    Abstract: An approach is provided for mitigating interference from Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) terminals to adjacent frequency bands. A platform determines whether a region associated with transmission of one or more resource blocks are an interfering region according to predetermined criteria, where one or more resource blocks are assigned a primary carrier as a default carrier for the transmission. The platform selects a secondary carrier for the one or more resource blocks instead of the primary carrier if the region is determined to be interfering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong, Zheng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140378123
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for establishing a direct connection between two UEs. Each UE may be provisioned with a temporary identifier by a server of a wireless network of the UE. The UEs may then be configured to broadcast the temporary IDs in radio signals over radio resources that are separate from the radio resources of the network. The temporary IDs may not contain identifying information of the broadcasting UE that is interpretable without receiving further information from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Pingping Zong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8855645
    Abstract: A radio communication device may include a cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit configured to provide a communication according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology; a circuit configured to provide a direct communication device to communication device communication; and a message generator configured to generate a message indicating a request for a handover from an established direct communication device to communication device communication connection with a second radio communication device to a cellular wide area radio communication connection with the second radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Maik Bienas, Youn Hyoung Heo, Umesh Phuyal, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20140243040
    Abstract: A radio communication device may include a cellular wide area radio communication technology circuit configured to provide a communication according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology; a circuit configured to provide a direct communication device to communication device communication; and a message generator configured to generate a message indicating a request for a handover from an established direct communication device to communication device communication connection with a second radio communication device to a cellular wide area radio communication connection with the second radio communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Maik Bienas, Youn Hyoung Heo, Umesh Phuyal, Pingping Zong
  • Patent number: 8619575
    Abstract: A method including receiving, by a multiband, multimode user device, a request pertaining to a data flow; determining a state of the multiband, multimode user device; selecting at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and a single mode, or selecting at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and multiple modes to satisfy the request based on the state of the multiband, multimode user device; and using the selected at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and the single mode, or the selected at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and the multiple modes to satisfy the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Iftekhar Rahman, Andrew Youtz, Kyriaki Konstantinou, Pingping Zong, Zheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 8442536
    Abstract: A communications system provides a robust and fast inter-base station handoff mechanism, e.g. for networks using Enhanced Base Stations (EBS) equipment. A method for connecting a mobile device to a destination base station in the wireless communications system, may include steps of receiving a mobile device measurement report, transferring context information from a serving base station to possible target base stations, and receiving admission control information from possible target base stations. A priority list of the possible target base stations is calculated and sent to the mobile device. The mobile device connects to one or more of possible target base stations according to the priority list. The method may also entail receiving a release message from one of the possible target base stations to which the mobile device has successfully established a wireless connection, to allow release of resources of the prior serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Pingping Zong
  • Patent number: 8416741
    Abstract: One or more devices determine uplink signal strength for a machine-to-machine (M2M) device using a wireless access network. The one or more devices identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to employ transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, when the uplink signal strength is below a particular threshold, and identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to not employ TTI bundling, when the uplink signal strength is not below the particular threshold. The one or more devices store, in a memory, the default transmission mode for the M2M device. The one or more devices retrieve, from the memory and during a wake-up time window associated with the M2M device, the default transmission mode for the M2M device and construct, for the M2M device, an uplink scheduling grant based on the stored default transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Yee Sin Chan, Jin Yang, Pingping Zong
  • Patent number: 8315661
    Abstract: Method and system for power headroom reporting in a mobile device capable of supporting multiple radio transmissions via different channels. The available maximum power variation of a second channel is estimated based on power usage in radio transmission of a first channel. A plurality of measures related to radio transmission via the second channel are them computed. Whether one or more conditions for power headroom reporting of the second channel are met is tested in accordance with a configuration with respect to power headroom reporting. The power headroom is computed based on the estimated power variation relating to the first channel and the radio transmission measures relating to the second channel. A power headroom report is then generated based on the computed power headroom and such a report is then transmitted, typically from the mobile device to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20120269174
    Abstract: A communications system provides a robust and fast inter-base station handoff mechanism, e.g. for networks using Enhanced Base Stations (EBS) equipment. A method for connecting a mobile device to a destination base station in the wireless communications system, may include steps of receiving a mobile device measurement report, transferring context information from a serving base station to possible target base stations, and receiving admission control information from possible target base stations. A priority list of the possible target base stations is calculated and sent to the mobile device. The mobile device connects to one or more of possible target base stations according to the priority list. The method may also entail receiving a release message from one of the possible target base stations to which the mobile device has successfully established a wireless connection, to allow release of resources of the prior serving base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20120219090
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a data signal onto a carrier signal to generate a modulated signal having a transmit frequency within a predefined frequency range adjacent to and within a boundary of an uplink frequency band, a filter configured to at least partially remove a carrier frequency component from the modulated signal to produce a filtered modulated signal, and an antenna configured to transmit the filtered modulated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON CORPORATE RESOURCES GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20120207021
    Abstract: A method including receiving, by a multiband, multimode user device, a request pertaining to a data flow; determining a state of the multiband, multimode user device; selecting at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and a single mode, or selecting at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and multiple modes to satisfy the request based on the state of the multiband, multimode user device; and using the selected at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and the single mode, or the selected at least one of multiple channels or multiple frequency bands, and the multiple modes to satisfy the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Iftekhar Rahman, Andrew Youtz, Kyriaki Konstantinou, Pingping Zong, Zheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 8213537
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a data signal onto a carrier signal to generate a modulated signal having a transmit frequency within a predefined frequency range adjacent to and within a boundary of an uplink frequency band, a filter configured to at least partially remove a carrier frequency component from the modulated signal to produce a filtered modulated signal, and an antenna configured to transmit the filtered modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong
  • Patent number: 8190158
    Abstract: A communications system provides a robust and fast inter-base station handoff mechanism, e.g. for networks using Enhanced Base Stations (EBS) equipment. A method for connecting a mobile device to a destination base station in the wireless communications system, may include steps of receiving a mobile device measurement report, transferring context information from a serving base station to possible target base stations, and receiving admission control information from possible target base stations. A priority list of the possible target base stations is calculated and sent to the mobile device. The mobile device connects to one or more of possible target base stations according to the priority list. The method may also entail receiving a release message from one of the possible target base stations to which the mobile device has successfully established a wireless connection, to allow release of resources of the prior serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20120057476
    Abstract: One or more devices determine uplink signal strength for a machine-to-machine (M2M) device using a wireless access network. The one or more devices identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to employ transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, when the uplink signal strength is below a particular threshold, and identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to not employ TTI bundling, when the uplink signal strength is not below the particular threshold. The one or more devices store, in a memory, the default transmission mode for the M2M device. The one or more devices retrieve, from the memory and during a wake-up time window associated with the M2M device, the default transmission mode for the M2M device and construct, for the M2M device, an uplink scheduling grant based on the stored default transmission mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Yee Sin Chan, Jin Yang, Pingping Zong
  • Publication number: 20110159912
    Abstract: Method and system for power headroom reporting in a mobile device capable of supporting multiple radio transmissions via different channels. The available maximum power variation of a second channel is estimated based on power usage in radio transmission of a first channel. A plurality of measures related to radio transmission via the second channel are them computed. Whether one or more conditions for power headroom reporting of the second channel are met is tested in accordance with a configuration with respect to power headroom reporting. The power headroom is computed based on the estimated power variation relating to the first channel and the radio transmission measures relating to the second channel. A power headroom report is then generated based on the computed power headroom and such a report is then transmitted, typically from the mobile device to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Pingping ZONG
  • Publication number: 20110136497
    Abstract: An approach is provided for mitigating interference from Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) terminals to adjacent frequency bands. A platform determines whether a region associated with transmission of one or more resource blocks are an interfering region according to predetermined criteria, where one or more resource blocks are assigned a primary carrier as a default carrier for the transmission. The platform selects a secondary carrier for the one or more resource blocks instead of the primary carrier if the region is determined to be interfering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong, Zheng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100189190
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a data signal onto a carrier signal to generate a modulated signal having a transmit frequency within a predefined frequency range adjacent to and within a boundary of an uplink frequency band, a filter configured to at least partially remove a carrier frequency component from the modulated signal to produce a filtered modulated signal, and an antenna configured to transmit the filtered modulated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON CORPORATE RESOURCES GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Youtz, Iftekhar Rahman, Pingping Zong