Patents by Inventor Qun Zhao

Qun Zhao 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: 11963208
    Abstract: A resource allocation method includes: receiving resource allocation indication information sent by a base station, or acquiring pre-configured resource allocation indication information, wherein the resource allocation indication information is used for characterizing time domain resources occupied by a forward time-frequency resource and/or time domain resources occupied by a reverse time-frequency resource for direct communication in a target time unit, and the forward time-frequency resource is used for transmitting user data and control information, and the reverse time-frequency resource is used for transmitting feedback information from a user data receiving device to a user data sending device; and determining, according to the resource allocation indication information, a time domain resource occupied by the forward time-frequency resource and/or a time domain resource occupied by the reverse time-frequency resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11956759
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a selection unit that selects first resource candidates for sidelink transmission based on monitoring in a sensing window, and specifies second resource candidates by excluding specific periodic resources that are reserved by another terminal from the first resource candidates; and a transmission unit that performs sidelink transmission using a resource selected from the second resource candidates. In another aspect, a transmission method executed by a terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Jing Wang, Huan Wang, Liu Liu, Anxin Li, Huiling Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240114486
    Abstract: A method for selecting a transmission resource, includes: determining a time-frequency transmission resource used for direct transmission sent to a receiving-end user equipment based on a discontinuous reception DRX setting of the receiving-end user equipment. Determining the time-frequency transmission resource may include excluding, from a set of candidate time-frequency resources. Further, according to the DRX setting, time-frequency transmission resources used for first K repetitions of M repetitions of the data transmission are within a time range indicated by the DRX setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11943057
    Abstract: A method for indicating a sidelink HARQ feedback includes: allocating a target resource to a user equipment to perform sidelink communication; sending a downlink control signaling to the user equipment, where the downlink control signaling includes the target resource and first indication information; the first indication information indicates at least one of the followings: when the user equipment uses the target resource allocated by the base station to perform sidelink unicast communication, whether to perform the sidelink HARQ feedback; when the user equipment uses the target resource allocated by the base station to perform sidelink multicast communication, whether to perform the sidelink HARQ feedback; when the user equipment uses the target resource allocated by the base station to perform the sidelink multicast communication, a feedback manner of performing the sidelink HARQ feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11940887
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for performing cache program operations in a non-volatile storage system. A method may comprise issuing a first cache program operation from a storage controller to a non-volatile storage device to write data to a first regular block, writing the data to the first regular block and a copy of the data to a backup block, determining that a program error has occurred while writing the data to the first regular block, asserting the program error to the storage controller, retrieving a mapping between the first regular block and the backup block, issuing a read operation to read the copy of the data from the backup block, reading the copy of the data from the backup block and issuing a second cache program operation to write the data to a second regular block and marking the first regular block as defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Innogrit Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Zhao, Lin Chen, Jie Chen, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11936482
    Abstract: A data transmission method, and a device are provided. The method includes: when direct hybrid auto repeat request HARQ feedback information and uplink information are to be sent within a target time unit, and the direct HARQ feedback information and the uplink information satisfy a predetermined timing relationship, sending, by a first terminal, the direct HARQ feedback information and the uplink information to an access network device on the same physical layer uplink channel within the target time unit. The direct HARQ feedback information is configured to indicate a receiving state corresponding to direct data, and the direct data is physical layer data sent by the first terminal to a second terminal through a direct link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240090077
    Abstract: A discontinuous reception method includes: obtaining an absolute time cycle or a physical time cycle in direct communication discontinuous reception configuration parameters; converting the absolute time cycle or the physical time cycle into a logic time cycle, the logic time cycle being a first number of logic time units; and determining, according to the logic time cycle, a moment at which discontinuous reception enters an active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240089991
    Abstract: The present invention provides a direct communication control method and apparatus, devices, and a storage medium thereof. The method comprises: sending direct control signaling, the direct control signaling comprising first indication information that controls the discontinuous reception (DRX) of a receiving device. Therefore, a sending device flexibly controls the DRX active time of the receiving device by means of direct control signaling, so as to acquire a balance between energy efficiency and system performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240073871
    Abstract: A communication method is performed by a user equipment and includes: in response to performing a re-evaluation or preemption check on a first sidelink transmission time-frequency resource in a first time unit, determining a set of time units in which sensing is to be performed; and performing the re-evaluation or preemption judgment on the first sidelink transmission time-frequency resource according to a sidelink sensing result in the set of time units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11917507
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure can provide a method for transmitting feedback information between Internet of Vehicles devices. The method can include that a first Internet of Vehicles device sends first user data to a second Internet of Vehicles device, the first Internet of Vehicles device and the second Internet of Vehicles device respectively determine a feedback time window of the first user data according to a transmission end time of the first user data. Further, the second Internet of Vehicles device can send hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information of the first user data to the first Internet of Vehicles device in the feedback time window of the first user data. The first internet of Vehicles device receives the HARQ feedback information in the feedback time window of the first user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11910335
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle-to-everything synchronization method and device. The method is used for a first terminal, wherein the first terminal can simultaneously support first-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication and second-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication. The method includes: receiving at least one first synchronization signal, wherein the at least one first synchronization signal is a synchronization signal for the first-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication and/or the second-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication; determining a synchronization reference signal for the second-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication according to the first synchronization signal; and performing the second-type vehicle-to-everything direct communication according to the synchronization reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qun Zhao, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11895622
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an allocation means that divides a message that includes control information and data into a plurality of partial messages, and allocates resources included in one or more resource pools to the plurality of partial messages; and a transmission means that transmits the plurality of partial messages using the resources allocated by the allocation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Yongbo Zeng, Yongsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240023138
    Abstract: A method for sidelink communications includes sending and receiving an assistance resource set. The method for sending an assistance resource set is performed by a first device, and includes: sending first stage sidelink control information to a second device; determining second stage sidelink control information, in which the second stage sidelink control information comprises an information field for indicating an assistance resource set; and sending the second stage sidelink control information to the second device. A method for receiving an assistance resource set is performed by a second device and includes receiving first stage sidelink control information from a first device; and receiving second stage sidelink control information from the first device, wherein the second stage sidelink control information comprises an information field for indicating an assistance resources set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Wensu ZHAO, Qun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240023073
    Abstract: A resource selection method, includes: receiving first direct connection control signaling sent by a second device by using a first direct connection resource pool, the first direct connection control signaling comprising an indication of an auxiliary time-frequency resource set, and the auxiliary time-frequency resource set belonging to a second direct connection resource pool and being used for assisting a first device in resource selection; and selecting a direct connection transmission resource in a third direct connection resource pool on the basis of the auxiliary time-frequency resource set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230413234
    Abstract: A method for resource selection, performed by a first device, includes: determining an assistance resource set provided by a second device, the assistance resource set comprising a preferred resource set to be used by the first device or a non-preferred resource set to be used by the first device; and determining a first candidate resource set for transmission resource selection based on the assistance resource set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wensu ZHAO, Qun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11838941
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives a first downlink control information for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and a second downlink control information for notifying a time region and a frequency region in which the PUSCH is not to be transmitted. The terminal further includes a processor that supports reception of the second downlink control information in a slot that is shorter than a slot for transmitting the PUSCH. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Xiaohang Chen, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 11837298
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for performing program operations in a non-volatile storage system. In one embodiment, there is provided a method that may comprise categorizing active storage blocks of a non-volatile storage device into a robust group and a less-robust group based on a number of factors including page error count, program time and number of Program/Erase (P/E) cycles; determining that a cache program operation needs to be performed; selecting a first storage block from the robust group to perform the cache program operation; determining that a regular program operation needs to be performed; and selecting a second storage block from the less-robust group to perform the regular program operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: INNOGRIT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Zhao, Lin Chen, Jie Chen, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11832240
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for sidelink communication, including: performing operation on scheduling information in a first bandwidth part, wherein the scheduling information is used for scheduling data in a second bandwidth part; and performing operation on the data in the second bandwidth part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230379891
    Abstract: A data transmission method, apparatus, device and system for direct communication are provided. The method includes that a first terminal sends, according to information sent by an access network device, sidelink data to a second terminal through a sidelink. The first terminal receives sidelink hybrid auto repeat request (HARQ) feedback information fed back by the second terminal, where the sidelink HARQ feedback information is configured to indicate a receiving state corresponding to the sidelink data. The first terminal reports the sidelink HARQ feedback information to the access network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230379887
    Abstract: A method for selecting a resource is performed by a first device, and includes: sending an assistance request for requesting a second device to provide an assistance resource set; and receiving an assistance resource report from the second device, wherein the assistance resource report indicates the assistance resource set provided by the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Wensu ZHAO, Qun ZHAO