Patents by Inventor Qifan Chen

Qifan Chen 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: 20250141641
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to short training field (STF) designs and signaling that support distributed transmissions. A transmitting device that transmits data on a distributed resource unit (dRU) may transmit an STF sequence over a spreading bandwidth of the dRU according to an existing STF tone plan. Each STA allocated a dRU for transmission in a trigger-based (TB) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) maps its STF sequence to one or more spatial streams and may apply one or more global cyclic shift delays (CSDs) to the STF sequence mapped to the one or more spatial streams, respectively. As such, different global CSDs may be assigned to different STAs so that each STA transmits its STF sequence with different amounts of delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250125934
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for reducing out-of-band emission (OOBE) for transmissions associated with a distributed resource unit (RU) (dRU) allocation. Some aspects more specifically relate to introducing more unevenness in terms of tone spacing to a first subset of dRUs associated with a given bandwidth and maintaining relatively more even tone spacing for a second subset of dRUs associated with that given bandwidth. In some implementations, for example, a complete set of dRUs associated with a bandwidth may include a first subset of dRUs and a second subset of dRUs, with dRUs of the first subset having more uneven tone spacings as compared to dRUs of the second subset. In some aspects, the first subset of dRUs may include dRUs associated with relatively fewer tones as compared to dRUs of the second subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN, Chih-Yuan CHU
  • Publication number: 20250125919
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to pilot tone designs that support distributed transmission. A transmitting device may modulate a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) on a number (M) of tones representing a logical RU associated with the legacy tone plan and may further map the M tones to M noncontiguous subcarrier indices associated with a wireless channel. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU, over the wireless channel, with a number (N) of pilot tones each having a respective location relative to the M tones as mapped to the M noncontiguous subcarrier indices. In some implementations, the relative locations of the N pilot tones may be different than relative locations of a number (K) of pilot tones associated with the logical RU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250096932
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for managing long low-density parity check (LDPC) codewords in ultra high reliability (UHR) systems. One method for wireless communication may be performable at a transmitter device or node. The method may include transmitting signaling to a receiver device or node indicating that the transmitter device supports use of a first LDPC codeword length that is greater than or equal to a threshold LDPC codeword length. The method may further include transmitting an LDPC codeword of the first LDPC codeword length (e.g., a long LDPC codeword) to the receiver device when one or more conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jialing Li CHEN, Kanke WU, Sameer VERMANI, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Patent number: 12218884
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to short training field (STF) designs and signaling that support distributed transmissions. A transmitting device that transmits data on a distributed resource unit (dRU) may transmit an STF sequence over a spreading bandwidth of the dRU according to an existing STF tone plan. Each STA allocated a dRU for transmission in a trigger-based (TB) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) maps its STF sequence to one or more spatial streams and may apply one or more global cyclic shift delays (CSDs) to the STF sequence mapped to the one or more spatial streams, respectively. As such, different global CSDs may be assigned to different STAs so that each STA transmits its STF sequence with different amounts of delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250007659
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to LTF designs that support distributed transmissions. In some aspects, a transmitting device may obtain a sequence of values representing an LTF of a PPDU and may map the sequence of values to a number (N) of noncontiguous subcarrier indices of a plurality of subcarrier indices spanning a wireless channel according to a distributed tone plan. In some implementations, the transmitting device may modulate the sequence of values on N tones, representing a logical RU, and map the N tones to the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices, respectively. In some other implementations, the sequence of values may be obtained based on relative locations of the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices in the wireless channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Qifan CHEN, Youhan KIM
  • Patent number: 12184568
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to pilot tone designs that support distributed transmission. A transmitting device may modulate a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) on a number (M) of tones representing a logical RU associated with the legacy tone plan and may further map the M tones to M noncontiguous subcarrier indices associated with a wireless channel. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU, over the wireless channel, with a number (N) of pilot tones each having a respective location relative to the M tones as mapped to the M noncontiguous subcarrier indices. In some implementations, the relative locations of the N pilot tones may be different than relative locations of a number (K) of pilot tones associated with the logical RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20240365320
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for extending distributed resource units (dRUs) beyond 80 MHz. Some aspects more specifically relate to supporting enhanced tone distribution mapping schemes and signaling. In some examples, a wireless station may receive, from an access point, scheduling information for a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PDU) (PPDU) to be transmitted by one or more wireless stations including the wireless station over a wireless channel. The scheduling information may indicate one or more dRUs within the wireless channel, each dRU comprising a respective set of tones distributed across a distribution bandwidth of the wireless channel. The distribution bandwidth may be larger than 80 MHZ, and the one or more dRUs including a first dRU allocated to the wireless station. The wireless station may modulate a plurality of symbols for the PPDU onto the set of tones of the first dRU. The wireless station may transmit the plurality of symbols via the first dRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20240351027
    Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging device for AMI diagnosis includes a first polarizer is arranged in an imaging part and a second polarizer is arranged in a light source part. These two are linear polarizers, and the polarization directions of the first polarizer and the second polarizer are perpendicular to each other. During the imaging process, a near-infrared beam emitted from a near-infrared light source is modulated into a linearly polarized light with a certain angle when passing through the second polarizer. Then, it is irradiated onto a subject and the light is reflected due to the specular reflection effect of the subject turns into a cross-polarized light when passing through the first polarizer. The linearly polarized light perpendicular to the polarization angle of the first polarizer is intercepted, that is, the reflected light is intercepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Wenzhou University
    Inventors: Xiaojing Chen, Zhonghao Xie, Guangzao Huang, Yao Zhou, Qifan Chen, Lechao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12058064
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to LTF designs that support distributed transmissions. In some aspects, a transmitting device may obtain a sequence of values representing an LTF of a PPDU and may map the sequence of values to a number (N) of noncontiguous subcarrier indices of a plurality of subcarrier indices spanning a wireless channel according to a distributed tone plan. In some implementations, the transmitting device may modulate the sequence of values on N tones, representing a logical RU, and map the N tones to the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices, respectively. In some other implementations, the sequence of values may be obtained based on relative locations of the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices in the wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Qifan Chen, Youhan Kim
  • Patent number: 12052192
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for distributed transmission of short training fields in a power spectral density limited frequency band. In one aspect, a device receives a distributed resource unit (dRU) assignment for transmission of a dRU portion of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); determines a spatial stream global cyclic shift delay (CSD) index for an short training field (STF) of the dRU portion of the PPDU; and transmits, based on the spatial stream global CSD index, the EHT of the dRU portion of the PPDU across a dRU spreading bandwidth associated with the dRU assignment using a tone plan and sequence corresponding to a regular resource unit (rRU) transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20240250788
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for distributed transmission of short training fields in a power spectral density limited frequency band. In one aspect, a device receives a distributed resource unit (dRU) assignment for transmission of a dRU portion of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); determines a spatial stream global cyclic shift delay (CSD) index for an short training field (STF) of the dRU portion of the PPDU; and transmits, based on the spatial stream global CSD index, the EHT of the dRU portion of the PPDU across a dRU spreading bandwidth associated with the dRU assignment using a tone plan and sequence corresponding to a regular resource unit (rRU) transmission mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240163038
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to pilot tone designs that support distributed transmission. A transmitting device may modulate a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) on a number (M) of tones representing a logical RU associated with the legacy tone plan and may further map the M tones to M noncontiguous subcarrier indices associated with a wireless channel. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU, over the wireless channel, with a number (N) of pilot tones each having a respective location relative to the M tones as mapped to the M noncontiguous subcarrier indices. In some implementations, the relative locations of the N pilot tones may be different than relative locations of a number (K) of pilot tones associated with the logical RU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240007241
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to LTF designs that support distributed transmissions. In some aspects, a transmitting device may obtain a sequence of values representing an LTF of a PPDU and may map the sequence of values to a number (N) of noncontiguous subcarrier indices of a plurality of subcarrier indices spanning a wireless channel according to a distributed tone plan. In some implementations, the transmitting device may modulate the sequence of values on N tones, representing a logical RU, and map the N tones to the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices, respectively. In some other implementations, the sequence of values may be obtained based on relative locations of the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices in the wireless channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Qifan CHEN, Youhan KIM
  • Patent number: 11838227
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to pilot tone designs that support distributed transmission. A transmitting device may modulate a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) on a number (M) of tones representing a logical RU associated with the legacy tone plan and may further map the M tones to M noncontiguous subcarrier indices associated with a wireless channel. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU, over the wireless channel, with a number (N) of pilot tones each having a respective location relative to the M tones as mapped to the M noncontiguous subcarrier indices. In some implementations, the relative locations of the N pilot tones may be different than relative locations of a number (K) of pilot tones associated with the logical RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Patent number: 11711184
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to LTF designs that support distributed transmissions. In some aspects, a transmitting device may obtain a sequence of values representing an LTF of a PPDU and may map the sequence of values to a number (N) of noncontiguous subcarrier indices of a plurality of subcarrier indices spanning a wireless channel according to a distributed tone plan. In some implementations, the transmitting device may modulate the sequence of values on N tones, representing a logical RU, and map the N tones to the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices, respectively. In some other implementations, the sequence of values may be obtained based on relative locations of the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices in the wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Bin Tian, Qifan Chen, Youhan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230124579
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to short training field (STF) designs and signaling that support distributed transmissions. A transmitting device that transmits data on a distributed resource unit (dRU) may transmit an STF sequence over a spreading bandwidth of the dRU according to an existing STF tone plan. Each STA allocated a dRU for transmission in a trigger-based (TB) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) maps its STF sequence to one or more spatial streams and may apply one or more global cyclic shift delays (CSDs) to the STF sequence mapped to the one or more spatial streams, respectively. As such, different global CSDs may be assigned to different STAs so that each STA transmits its STF sequence with different amounts of delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin Tian, Youhan Kim, Qifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230104295
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to LTF designs that support distributed transmissions. In some aspects, a transmitting device may obtain a sequence of values representing an LTF of a PPDU and may map the sequence of values to a number (N) of noncontiguous subcarrier indices of a plurality of subcarrier indices spanning a wireless channel according to a distributed tone plan. In some implementations, the transmitting device may modulate the sequence of values on N tones, representing a logical RU, and map the N tones to the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices, respectively. In some other implementations, the sequence of values may be obtained based on relative locations of the N noncontiguous subcarrier indices in the wireless channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Qifan CHEN, Youhan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230069075
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for distributed transmission of short training fields in a power spectral density limited frequency band. In one aspect, a device receives a distributed resource unit (dRU) assignment for transmission of a dRU portion of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); determines a spatial stream global cyclic shift delay (CSD) index for an short training field (STF) of the dRU portion of the PPDU; and transmits, based on the spatial stream global CSD index, the EHT of the dRU portion of the PPDU across a dRU spreading bandwidth associated with the dRU assignment using a tone plan and sequence corresponding to a regular resource unit (rRU) transmission mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230048884
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to pilot tone designs that support distributed transmission. A transmitting device may modulate a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) on a number (M) of tones representing a logical RU associated with the legacy tone plan and may further map the M tones to M noncontiguous subcarrier indices associated with a wireless channel. The transmitting device may transmit the PPDU, over the wireless channel, with a number (N) of pilot tones each having a respective location relative to the M tones as mapped to the M noncontiguous subcarrier indices. In some implementations, the relative locations of the N pilot tones may be different than relative locations of a number (K) of pilot tones associated with the logical RU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Lin YANG, Bin TIAN, Youhan KIM, Qifan CHEN