Patents by Inventor Qimei Cui

Qimei Cui 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: 20230421232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Ying ZHOU, Dongru LI, Qimei CUI, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20230388811
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. An electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate, where a user equipment accesses an unauthorized frequency band successfully, an indication representing whether sharing a channel occupancy time of the user equipment with other user equipment is permitted; and send the indication to a base station or the other user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Bowen CAI, Tao CUI, Xiaofeng TAO
  • Patent number: 11804888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Wenjing Ren, Ying Zhou, Dongru Li, Qimei Cui, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20230345533
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, and the processing circuit is configured: to perform a first uplink data transmission to a first transmission point within a channel occupation time after the electronic device successfully accesses an unlicensed frequency band; and to perform a second uplink data transmission to a second transmission point on the basis of an acknowledgement message from the second transmission point in the vicinity of the first transmission point within the remaining time after the first uplink data transmission is completed in the channel occupation time, wherein the acknowledgement message is transmitted to the electronic device by the second transmission point in response to an additional transmission request transmitted to the second transmission point by the first transmission point after completion of the first uplink data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Hao LI, Tao CUI
  • Publication number: 20230337209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors, wherein the processor(s) is/are configured to acquire the type of information to be transmitted via device-to-device communication, wherein the type is one of a plurality of types at least including a first type and a second type; and the processor(s) is/are also configured to determine a resource use manner and a power control manner which are used for transmitting information at least according to the type of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yanzhao HOU, Qimei CUI, Shiwei CAO, Hui LIANG, Qinyan JIANG, Shiyu ZHANG, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20230337007
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicenced channels in an unlicenced band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Song WANG, Qimei CUI, Tao CUI, Yuxuan XIE, Huiling ZUO
  • Patent number: 11765600
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. An electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate, where a user equipment accesses an unauthorized frequency band successfully, an indication representing whether sharing a channel occupancy time of the user equipment with other user equipment is permitted; and send the indication to a base station or the other user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Bowen Cai, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
  • Patent number: 11716718
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors, wherein the processor(s) is/are configured to acquire the type of information to be transmitted via device-to-device communication, wherein the type is one of a plurality of types at least including a first type and a second type; and the processor(s) is/are also configured to determine a resource use manner and a power control manner which are used for transmitting information at least according to the type of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanzhao Hou, Qimei Cui, Shiwei Cao, Hui Liang, Qinyan Jiang, Shiyu Zhang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11690093
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to: set a first timer used for counting the activation time of a current bandwidth part (BWP) for a user equipment on an unlicensed frequency band; and switch, when the first timer times out, the user equipment onto another BWP on the unlicensed frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Zhenyu Xu, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao, Bowen Cai, Jing Liu
  • Publication number: 20230180289
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are an electronic device for use in radio communication, a method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device for use in radio communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: acquire a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback value of transmission data transmitted thereby; and adjust, on the basis of the HARQ feedback value, a contention window size (CWS) for carrier listening before the next data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Jing JIA, Tao CUI
  • Publication number: 20230087182
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. An electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate, where a user equipment accesses an unauthorized frequency band successfully, an indication representing whether sharing a channel occupancy time of the user equipment with other user equipment is permitted; and send the indication to a base station or the other user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Bowen CAI, Tao CUI, Xiaofeng TAO
  • Patent number: 11546778
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. An electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate, where a user equipment accesses an unauthorized frequency band successfully, an indication representing whether sharing a channel occupancy time of the user equipment with other user equipment is permitted; and send the indication to a base station or the other user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Bowen Cai, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
  • Publication number: 20220353692
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicenced channels in an unlicenced band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Song WANG, Qimei CUI, Tao CUI, Yuxuan XIE, Huiling ZUO
  • Publication number: 20220322354
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors, wherein the processor(s) is/are configured to acquire the type of information to be transmitted via device-to-device communication, wherein the type is one of a plurality of types at least including a first type and a second type; and the processor(s) is/are also configured to determine a resource use manner and a power control manner which are used for transmitting information at least according to the type of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yanzhao HOU, Qimei CUI, Shiwei CAO, Hui LIANG, Qinyan JIANG, Shiyu ZHANG, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20220279466
    Abstract: A device and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes: a source device sends a request message to a base station, the request message being used for requesting the base station to allocating a resource; a node device that is synchronous with the source device sends synchronous information to at least one target device, so that the at least one target device establishes time synchronization with the source device according to the synchronous information, wherein the node device is a road-side device or an in-car device capable of communicating; the source device informs the at least one target device of a resource allocated by the base station; and the source device sends service information to the at least one target device by utilizing the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yanzhao HOU, Qimei CUI, Shiyu ZHANG, Shiwei CAO, Hui LIANG, Qinyan JIANG, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 11425731
    Abstract: An electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium, where the electronic device for wireless communication includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to select resource blocks to be used for automatic uplink transmission from amongst a pre-assigned plurality of resource blocks on an unlicensed band, and implement control to use the selected resource blocks for implementing automatic uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Jing Liu, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
  • Patent number: 11425574
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicenced channels in an unlicenced band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Song Wang, Qimei Cui, Tao Cui, Yuxuan Xie, Huiling Zuo
  • Patent number: 11405118
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device in a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication system comprises multiple unlicensed carriers. The electronic device comprises: one or more processing circuits configured to: configure each of a plurality of unlicensed carriers to be a primary channel or a secondary channel, so as to obtain at least two primary channels and at least one secondary channel; perform a first channel detection process over each of the primary channels to detect whether each of the primary channels is idle, and perform a second channel detection process over each of the secondary channels to detect whether each of the secondary channels is idle; and perform downlink data transmission over the primary channel determined to be idle by means of the channel detection or over the primary and secondary channels determined to be idle by means of the channel detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Haowei Wang, Xiaofeng Tao, Bingshan Hu
  • Patent number: 11388772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to user equipment, an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. According to the present invention, the user equipment comprises a processing circuit, configured to: detect a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first bandwidth part of an unlicensed frequency band in a detection time of a discontinuous reception (DRX) period; and detect the PDCCH on a second bandwidth part of the unlicensed frequency band when the PDCCH is not detected on the first bandwidth part. By using the user equipment, the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the storage medium in the present invention, a DRX mechanism of the user equipment operating on the unlicensed frequency band can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Bowen Cai, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
  • Patent number: 11356970
    Abstract: A device and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes: a source device sends a request message to a base station, the request message being used for requesting the base station to allocating a resource; a node device that is synchronous with the source device sends synchronous information to at least one target device, so that the at least one target device establishes time synchronization with the source device according to the synchronous information, wherein the node device is a road-side device or an in-car device capable of communicating; the source device informs the at least one target device of a resource allocated by the base station; and the source device sends service information to the at least one target device by utilizing the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yanzhao Hou, Qimei Cui, Shiyu Zhang, Shiwei Cao, Hui Liang, Qinyan Jiang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun