Patents by Inventor Qixin TAI

Qixin TAI 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).

  • Spectrum access method and apparatus utilizing same
    Patent number: 11064367
    Abstract: A spectrum access method and an apparatus utilizing the same. A spectrum management apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: determine location information and antenna angle information of each of at least one secondary apparatus; in response to a request for accessing an idle spectrum of a primary apparatus, determine, according to the location information and the antenna angle information of each of the at least one secondary apparatus, a secondary apparatus to grant access to the idle spectrum; and provide, to a serving base station of each of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, the location information and the antenna angle information of all of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, to enable the serving base station to perform interference alignment precoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Qixin Tai, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • SPECTRUM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING SAME
    Publication number: 20200128410
    Abstract: A spectrum access method and an apparatus utilizing the same. A spectrum management apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: determine location information and antenna angle information of each of at least one secondary apparatus; in response to a request for accessing an idle spectrum of a primary apparatus, determine, according to the location information and the antenna angle information of each of the at least one secondary apparatus, a secondary apparatus to grant access to the idle spectrum; and provide, to a serving base station of each of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, the location information and the antenna angle information of all of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, to enable the serving base station to perform interference alignment precoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Qixin TAI, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Spectrum access method and apparatus utilizing same
    Patent number: 10542437
    Abstract: A spectrum access method and an apparatus utilizing same. A spectrum management apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: determine location information and antenna angle information of each of at least one secondary apparatus; in response to a request for accessing an idle spectrum of a primary apparatus, determine, according to the location information and the antenna angle information of each of the at least one secondary apparatus, a secondary apparatus to grant access to the idle spectrum; and provide, to a serving base station of each of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, the location information and the antenna angle information of all of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, to enable the serving base station to perform interference alignment preceding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Qixin Tai, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • SPECTRUM ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING SAME
    Publication number: 20180376340
    Abstract: A spectrum access method and an apparatus utilizing same. A spectrum management apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: determine location information and antenna angle information of each of at least one secondary apparatus; in response to a request for accessing an idle spectrum of a primary apparatus, determine, according to the location information and the antenna angle information of each of the at least one secondary apparatus, a secondary apparatus to grant access to the idle spectrum; and provide, to a serving base station of each of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, the location information and the antenna angle information of all of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, to enable the serving base station to perform interference alignment preceding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Qixin TAI, Xin Guo, Chen SUN