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).
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Publication number: 20150295624Abstract: Disclosed are a base station, a wireless communication terminal, a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The base station can be used in coordinated multi-point transmission and comprises: a channel quality obtaining unit for obtaining uplink channel quality between a user equipment and a coordinated base station; a channel quality determination unit for comparing the obtained uplink channel quality with a quality threshold to determine whether the uplink channel quality is good or bad; a feedback control unit for determining, according to a determination result, whether to allow the user equipment to feed back channel state information to the corresponding coordinated base station; and a sending unit for sending information, about how to feed back the channel status information, to the user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Hui Wang
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Publication number: 20150282128Abstract: A communications system includes a base station device and a terminal device. The base station device configures an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH), comprising: circuitry, configured to determine ePDCCH position indication information adapted to indicate a position of the ePDCCH in a terminal device search space based on configuration of Demodulation Reference Signal, wherein ePDCCH comprises control information of the terminal device and is aggregated by a number of enhanced control channel elements, each enhanced control channel element consisting of a set of resource elements; and generate a signaling comprising the ePDCCH position indication information for the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Qimei Cui, Jiang Han, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang
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Patent number: 9143972Abstract: Disclosed is a method for establishing a CoMP cooperating set in coordinated multi-point communication, the method comprising the steps of: triggering and starting a coordinated multi-point communication process; according to channel state information of all cells in a measurement cell set measured by a UE, determining a candidate CoMP cooperating set; sending a CoMP cooperating set establishment request to eNodeBs of the cooperating cells in the determined candidate CoMP cooperating set; the eNodeBs being of the cooperating cell and receiving the CoMP cooperating set establishment request responding to the CoMP cooperating set establishment request to the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE, and sending a CoMP cooperating set establishment response to the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE; the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE determining a CoMP cooperating set of the UE according to information of the CoMP cooperating set establishment response; and according to a coordinated multi-point communicatioType: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsInventors: Xiaofeng Tao, Xiaodong Xu, Qimei Cui, Ping Zhang, Xin Chen, Hongjia Li, Qiang Wang, Jie Ni
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Publication number: 20150200719Abstract: A codebook based channel information feedback method, device and system are provided in the present invention. The codebook based channel information feedback method includes: measuring, by a terminal in a communication system, a parameter of a downlink channel between the terminal and a base station of the communication system; selecting a plurality of precoding matrixes from a precoding codebook by using the parameter of the downlink channel, wherein a plurality of the precoding matrixes can be used by both of single-user multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transport mode and multi-user MIMO transport mode, and the precoding codebook is an aggregation of precoding matrixes; and feeding back a first information for indicating a plurality of the precoding matrixes to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei CUI, Shiyuan Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Chao Wang, Xianjun Yang
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Patent number: 9007995Abstract: A codebook based channel information feedback method, device and system are provided in the present invention. The codebook based channel information feedback method includes: measuring, by a terminal in a communication system, a parameter of a downlink channel between the terminal and a base station of the communication system; selecting a plurality of precoding matrixes from a precoding codebook by using the parameter of the downlink channel, wherein a plurality of the precoding matrixes can be used by both of single-user multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transport mode and multi-user MIMO transport mode, and the precoding codebook is an aggregation of precoding matrixes; and feeding back a first information for indicating a plurality of the precoding matrixes to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Shiyuan Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Chao Wang, Xianjun Yang
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Publication number: 20150098405Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and device in a wireless communication system, the communication method comprising: a base station in the communication system determines, according to the current system configuration of the communication system, the category of an enhanced control channel element configuration in an enhanced physical downlink control channel, the enhanced control channel element configuration comprising the number of resource elements in each enhanced control channel element, and the number of enhanced control channel elements in each physical resource block pair, and the enhanced control channel element configuration is classified into a plurality of categories respectively corresponding to the different system configurations of the communication system; and notifying a terminal node in the communication system of the information related to the determined category of the enhanced control channel element configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Yingni Zhang, Hui Wang, Xiaona Li
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Publication number: 20150055645Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of LTE-A, and discloses a method for air interface synchronization between base stations. A base station to be synchronized, which simultaneously monitors a plurality of neighboring base stations, can select one neighboring base station to perform time-service synchronization in accordance with different criteria in order, such as whether CoMP is necessary, the time-service hop count, time-service delay, and the CQI level (channel quality indicator) and the like. That is, the most suitable synchronization source is determined according to a certain priority order. Such solution both applies to a phase of initial establishment of air interface self-synchronization between base stations, and also to a phase of periodic synchronization maintenance. In addition, the technical effect of such solution is particularly prominent in the case of intensively arranged Small Cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Qimei Cui, Xiaofeng Tao, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang, Ningyu Chen
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Publication number: 20150016425Abstract: An electronic device, and a method and computer readable medium, for use of subsets of coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission cells. The device includes processing circuitry configured to select a plurality of transmission cells as the subset of the CoMP set of transmission cells used to support wireless communications with a user equipment (UE). The processing circuitry selects the plurality of transmission cells based on a message from the UE that includes aggregate channel quality information (CQI) for at least two communication channels between the UE and corresponding transmission cells of the plurality of transmission cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Yingni Zhang, Xiaona Li, Shiyuan Li
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Patent number: 8811147Abstract: A method for allocating downlink transmission power of coordinated transmission devices in coordinated multi-point transmission system includes the coordinated transmission devices receiving feedback of channel state information of sub-channels occupied by a terminal from the terminal. The channel state information includes channel phase information and channel amplitude information. Each of the coordinated transmission devices adjusts phases of their sending signals over its sub-channels respectively so as to make phase difference of the sending signals, which are received by the terminal from the coordinated transmission devices via a same sub-channel, to be minimal. Each of the coordinated transmission devices determines its power allocation proportions for the sub-channels on the basis of feedback of channel amplitude information from the terminal and the adjusted phases of the sending signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsInventors: Qimei Cui, Ping Zhang, Xiaofeng Tao, Bing Luo, Alexis Dowhuszko, Jyri Hamalainen
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Publication number: 20140211653Abstract: A method and system for feeding back channel information to coordinated cells, the method including: measuring channel qualities of downlink channels between coordinated cells and user equipment; classifying the coordinated cells into different coordinated cell classes according to the measured channel qualities; based on different channel quality intervals corresponding to different coordinated cell classes, respectively selecting channel information feedback modes with different feedback enhancement degrees for different coordinated cell classes; and using the selected channel information feedback modes with different feedback enhancement degrees to determine the channel information to be fed back to the coordinated cells in each coordinated cell class according to a pre-determined order, and sending the determined channel information to the coordinated cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Hui Wang, Xiaofeng Tao, Shan Yang, Xiaona Li, Shiyuan Li
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Publication number: 20140211695Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and devices for notifying and determining common reference signal (CRS) patterns. The notification method comprises the steps of transmitting first downlink control information (DCI) to user equipment (UE) to inform the UE an aperiodic channel status information (CSI) feedback set and a CoMP transmission scheme to be applied to the UE, wherein the CoMP transmission includes a plurality of possible combinations of transmission points that transmit PDSCH to the UE; and transmitting second DCI to the UE for notifying transmission parameter to the UE based on the first DCI. In the disclosure, all CoMP transmission schemes and notifications of all CRS patterns therein can be supported, thus effectively perfecting notifications of the CRS patterns, saving signaling overheads, and significantly improving the flexibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Hui WANG, Weijuan GAO
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Publication number: 20130329650Abstract: A method for allocating downlink transmission power of coordinated transmission devices in coordinated multi-point transmission system includes the coordinated transmission devices receiving feedback of channel state information of sub-channels occupied by a terminal from the terminal. The channel state information includes channel phase information and channel amplitude information. Each of the coordinated transmission devices adjusts phases of their sending signals over its sub-channels respectively so as to make phase difference of the sending signals, which are received by the terminal from the coordinated transmission devices via a same sub-channel, to be minimal. Each of the coordinated transmission devices determines its power allocation proportions for the sub-channels on the basis of feedback of channel amplitude information from the terminal and the adjusted phases of the sending signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsInventors: Qimei Cui, Ping Zhang, Xiaofeng Tao, Bing Luo, Alexis Dowhuszko, Jyri Hamalainen
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Publication number: 20130308570Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and provides a method for joint optimization of schedule and resource allocation based on a genetic algorithm, which is applied in a CoMP communication system. The method includes steps of: S1, encoding chromosome; S2, initializing setting; S3, computing fitness value; S4, determining whether the optimal solution is better than an elite: if yes, updating the elite and executing S5, and if no, turning to S5; S5, determining whether a predetermined generation of population has been generated or not, if no, executing S6, otherwise, turning to S8; S6, participating reproduction process to generate two offspring chromosome individuals; S7, determining whether a predetermined number of offspring chromosome individuals have been generated, if yes, turning to S3 to compute again; otherwise keeping on reproduction; S8, performing schedule and resource allocation according to a solution corresponding to the elite.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSInventors: Xiaodong Xu, Xiaofeng Tao, Da Wang, Qimei Cui, Ping Zhang, Xin Chen, Dezhuang Wu
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Publication number: 20130308571Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and discloses a method for frequency reuse based on cellular network. The method comprises the following steps: dividing the whole cellular network into a plurality of different cell clusters, wherein each cell cluster comprises three cells, every two of them being adjacent to each other; for each cell in a cell cluster, dividing the cell into a central area and an edge area according to the coverage of the cell; dividing the whole available frequency band of the network according to the user distribution and service distribution in the cell cluster; allocating divided frequency bands to the central area and the edge area in the cell cluster respectively according to preset rule; and applying the method for frequency reuse to other cell clusters, thus achieving the frequency reuse of the whole network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSInventors: Xiaofeng Tao, Ping Zhang, Xiaona Li, Qimei Cui, Xiaodong Xu, Yingyue Xu, Waheed ur Rehman
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Publication number: 20130223272Abstract: Disclosed is a method for establishing a CoMP cooperating set in coordinated multi-point communication, the method comprising the steps of: triggering and starting a coordinated multi-point communication process; according to channel state information of all cells in a measurement cell set measured by a UE, determining a candidate CoMP cooperating set; sending a CoMP cooperating set establishment request to eNodeBs of the cooperating cells in the determined candidate CoMP cooperating set; the eNodeBs being of the cooperating cell and receiving the CoMP cooperating set establishment request responding to the CoMP cooperating set establishment request to the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE, and sending a CoMP cooperating set establishment response to the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE; the eNodeB of the serving cell of the UE determining a CoMP cooperating set of the UE according to information of the CoMP cooperating set establishment response; and according to a coordinated multi-point communicatioType: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSInventors: Xiaofeng Tao, Xiaodong Xu, Qimei Cui, Ping Zhang, Xin Chen, Hongjia Li, Qiang Wang, Jie Ni
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Patent number: 8520616Abstract: A method of pairing users for an uplink multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system under coordinated multipoint transmission (CoMP) scenario in a communication system, which includes: selecting, by a first cell of the communication system, at least one initial user served by the cell as a first paired user; selecting, by the first cell, a candidate paired user according to the service type of the first paired user; and determining, from the different service types of the first paired user and the candidate paired user, a pairing type to be formed, and determining whether the candidate paired user and the first paired user can be paired into the pairing type to be formed by using a predetermined determination criterion according to the pairing type. It is further provided a device for performing the method. The throughput and communication efficiency of the communication system can be improved with the method and device for pairing users.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Shiyuan Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Chao Wang, Xianjun Yang
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Publication number: 20130201862Abstract: A method and device for feeding back downlink channel feedback information, and a method and device for user pairing. The method for feeding back downlink channel feedback information includes: calculating the multi-user channel quality indication error of a user, which error is used to reflect the difference in channel quality indication between the situation of multi-user multiple input multiple output transmission and the situation of single user multiple input multiple output transmission; adding the multi-user channel quality indication error into the downlink channel feedback information which includes a pre-coding matrix indication and a channel quality indication, and feeding the same back to a base station for scheduling. Therefore, the bit error rate of demodulation in the MIMO system can be reduced and the system performance can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Shiyuan Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Chao Wang
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Patent number: 8369863Abstract: An interference suppression method is provided. A method includes the following steps: determining, by a Femtocell, a set of Femtocells which generate interference with said Femtocell based on information measured by and feedbacked from subscribers which are served by said Femtocell, and delivering the cell IDs of all Femtocells in said set to a Femtocell gateway; establishing, by the Femtocell gateway, a relationship graph on interference among Femtocells according to information delivered from the Femtocells, and clustering the Femtocells based on said relationship graph; determining the range influenced by each Femtocell cluster; allocating resources to the Femtocells in each isolated cluster or in the range influenced by each cluster. It may ensure liable communications of Femtocell subscribers as possible, and/or may maximize spectrum efficiency and system capacity of the Femtocell layer as possible.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsInventors: Xiaodong Xu, Ping Zhang, Dan Hu, Hongjia Li, Yi Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Qimei Cui, Sai Wang, Qiang Wang
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Publication number: 20120309406Abstract: An interference suppression method is provided. A method includes the following steps: determining, by a Femtocell, a set of Femtocells which generate interference with said Femtocell based on information measured by and feedbacked from subscribers which are served by said Femtocell, and delivering the cell IDs of all Femtocells in said set to a Femtocell gateway; establishing, by the Femtocell gateway, a relationship graph on interference among Femtocells according to information delivered from the Femtocells, and clustering the Femtocells based on said relationship graph; determining the range influenced by each Femtocell cluster; allocating resources to the Femtocells in each isolated cluster or in the range influenced by each cluster. It may ensure liable communications of Femtocell subscribers as possible, and/or may maximize spectrum efficiency and system capacity of the Femtocell layer as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSInventors: Xiaodong XU, Qimei CUI, Xiaofeng TAO, Qiang Wang, Ping ZHANG, Dan HU, Hongjia LI, Yi LI, Sai WANG
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Publication number: 20120300656Abstract: A codebook based channel information feedback method, device and system are provided in the present invention. The codebook based channel information feedback method includes: measuring, by a terminal in a communication system, a parameter of a downlink channel between the terminal and a base station of the communication system; selecting a plurality of precoding matrixes from a precoding codebook by using the parameter of the downlink channel, wherein a plurality of the precoding matrixes can be used by both of single-user multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transport mode and multi-user MIMO transport mode, and the precoding codebook is an aggregation of precoding matrixes; and feeding back a first information for indicating a plurality of the precoding matrixes to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Qimei Cui, Shiyuan Li, Xiaofeng Tao, Chao Wang, Xianjun Yang