Patents by Inventor Ranran Zhang

Ranran Zhang 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: 20150155999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of communications. Disclosed are a CoMP transmission feedback method, device and system, the method comprising: determining an inter-mode reference relationship between at least two configured modes according to configuration information transmitted by a base station (s101); at each feedback instance, determining the parameter in the current mode via the parameter in a reference mode and according to the reference relationship between modes (s102); and feeding back the channel state information containing the parameter in the current mode according to the configuration of the current mode (s103). The present invention realizes the sharing of pre-coding matrix indicator/rank indicator (PMI/RI) information among a plurality of channel quality indicators (CQIs) having different interference assumptions, and realizes the sharing of RI information among different transmission points, thus achieving a dependency relationship among a plurality of feedback modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Qiubin Gao, Ranran Zhang, Hao Ni, Ying Peng
  • Patent number: 9048909
    Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting channel state information and device thereof. By applying the technical schemes of the embodiment of the present invention, in a LTE-A system using PUCCH reporting mode 1-1, in a situation where PMI feedback for 8 antenna ports is needed to be reported in a sub-frame and PUCCH capacity is limited, therefore codebook compression is required, a corresponding relationship definition of the pre-coding matrix indicator information or the pre-coding matrix indicator information pair and the codebook index or the codebook index pair after codebook compression is provided, thus realizing the feedback and receiving of channel state information between a base station and terminal equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Qiubin Gao, Meifang Jing, Rakesh Tamrakar, Guojun Xiao
  • Publication number: 20150124726
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multipoint channel state information reporting method and device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hao Ni, Qiubin Gao, Ranran Zhang, Ying Peng
  • Publication number: 20150092695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of communications, and provides a method and a device for enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) transmission and blind detection. The method is: a network side carrying out corresponding E-PDCCH transmission resource configuration for allocation of each sub-frame; and a terminal respectively adopting different modes to perform E-PDCCH blind detection in each frame, so that better link adaptation of the E-PDCCH transmission can be implemented. Therefore, the balance of E-PDCCH transmission in sub-frames is ensured, the effect of E-PDCCH blind detection of the terminal is further improved, and the E-PDCCH demodulation performance is further promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Rui Zhao, Xueming Pan, Rakesh Tamrakar, Ranran Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150085763
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission method and equipment based on CoMP transmission. In the method, a user equipment determines a main transmission point. The user equipment determines RANK information of the main transmission point as well as channel state information corresponding to the RANK information. The user equipment sends the RANK information of the main transmission point and the channel state information to a network side equipment. In the embodiments of the present invention, the UE reports channel state information of limited RANK of every transmission point, channel state information of unlimited RANK of the main transmission point, and relative phase information between the transmission points, etc., to the network side equipment, thereby helping the network side to better implement flexible selection and dynamic switchover of transmission schemes. Moreover, it does not notably increase feedback expenses for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qiubin Gao, Ranran Zhang, Wenhong Chen, Ying Peng, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 8982721
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reporting channel state information (CSI) based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are used to realize correct reporting of the CSI based on double code books. The method includes the following steps: a reporting mode configuration signaling for the CSI sent from a network side is received, and said reporting mode configuration signaling for the CSI at least carries a designated reporting mode identifier; a first CSI aiming at the whole bandwidth of a system is established according to a reporting type corresponding to said reporting mode identifier; the whole bandwidth of the system is divided into at least two frequency band subclasses, and a second CSI aiming at a designated frequency band subclass is established according to the reporting type corresponding to said reporting mode identifier; and when a reporting indication signaling sent from the network side is received, said first CSI and said second CSI are transmitted to the network side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Xin Su, Deshan Miao, Ranran Zhang, Meifang Jing, Qiubin Gao, Shaohui Sun, Guojun Xiao, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Publication number: 20150071187
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of and apparatus for indicating a feedback of and feeding back Channel State Information (CSI) and relates to the field of wireless communication technologies so as to implement a solution in which a user equipment feeds back CSI aperiodically for a set of measurement information of transmission point and/or a measurement set indicated by abuse station. In the invention, abuse station determines from a result of joint scheduling of multiple transmission points a set of measurement information of transmission point and/or a measurement set corresponding to a set of downlink carriers for which CSI is to be fed back aperiodically by a user equipment; and the base station sends to the user equipment indication information for the determined set of measurement information of transmission point and/or the determined measurement set corresponding to the set of downlink carriers for which CSI is to be fed back aperiodically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Wen hong Chen, Qiubin Gao, Ranran Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150016386
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining number of ePDCCH resource units. The method includes: determining number of symbols occupied by PDCCH, number of CRS ports, number of DMRS ports and CSI-RS configuration in a subframe; and determining resources available for transmitting an ePDCCH in PDSCH area of the subframe according to the number of symbols occupied by the PDCCH, the number of CRS ports, the number of DMRS ports and the CSI-RS configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rakesh Tamrakar, Xueming Pan, Rui Zhao, Ranran Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140369291
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting channel state information, for realizing the transmission of channel information which supports CoMP transmission. The method includes: a terminal receiving from a base station control signaling which indicates to the terminal to perform channel information feedback, the control signaling including indication information about a plurality of CSI-RS resources for performing aggregation feedback; the terminal obtaining the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the indication information to perform channel estimation and constructing a channel matrix according to a PDSCH transmission solution over a preset CSI reference resource, the correlation between the signal over the plurality of CSI-RS resources and the signal of a UERS port and the constructed channel matrix and transmitting the CSI to the base station. Also disclosed is a device for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Qiubin Gao
  • Publication number: 20140369436
    Abstract: Disclosed are a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information transmission method and device, for realizing the feedback and receiving of PMIs. The PMI information feedback method provided in the present application server includes: UE determining the feedback of a PMI and a feedback mode used for feeding back the PMI; the UE determining a rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix in a compressed precoding matrix set and determining an RI and first PMI combined coding information value according to a preset RI and first PMI combined coding information value and a correlation list of RIs and codebook indices; and the UE employing the feedback mode to send the determined RI and first PMI combined coding information value to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Xin Su, Rakesh Tamrakar, Meifang Jing
  • Publication number: 20140313994
    Abstract: Disclosed in the invention are a method and a device for transmitting downlink control information (DCI). The method comprises: processing the downlink control information to generate downlink control information code words; scrambling and modulating the downlink control information code words in turn to generate a modulation symbol sequence; mapping the modulation symbol sequence to v data layers, wherein v is an integer which is more than or equal to 1; mapping modulation symbols on the v data layers to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) antenna port; and mapping the modulation symbols on the DMRS antenna port to a physical antenna and sending to user equipment (UE). According to the method and the device of the invention, multi-layer data transmission can be supported, the transmission mode is more flexible, and transmission efficiency is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Xin Su, Ranran Zhang, Meifang Jing, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Publication number: 20140307691
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and particularly to an information transmission method, system, and device, used for implement transmission, within an OFDM symbol comprising a UERS, in a sending diversity manner. The information transmission method of the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a network-side device determining an OFDM symbol comprising a UERS; and within the OFDM symbol comprising the UERS, the network-side device sending information in a sending diversity manner by freeing up an available RE or adjusting the sending diversity manner. In the embodiments of the present application, the information can be transmitted in the OFDM symbol comprising the UERS in a sending diversity manner by freeing up a part of available REs or by adjusting the sending diversity manner, thereby improving the utilization ratio of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Xin Su, Jing Xu, Meifang Jing, Rui Zhao
  • Patent number: 8855229
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for transmitting information in a closed loop multiple antenna system. The method includes that: a transmission apparatus receives information transmitted from a reception apparatus, wherein the information includes codeword index information; the transmission apparatus selects a corresponding codeword from a double-layer-structure-based codebook according to the codeword index information; the transmission apparatus generates a precoding matrix according to the selected codeword; the transmission apparatus performs precoding for data to be transmitted according to the precoding matrix; the transmission apparatus transmits the precoded data to the reception apparatus. The present invention can enable a formed and used codebook to match channel distribution characteristic of a dual-polarized antenna as much as possible, and minimize performance loss brought by codebook quantization, thereby performance of a precoding system can be effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Deshan Miao, Qiubin Gao, Meifang Jing, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Publication number: 20140286297
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting downlink control information to effectively support the two transmission modes of the E-PDCCH. The base station configures the localized E-PDCCH resource and the distributed E-PDCCH resource. The user terminal detects the DCI in the search space corresponding to the localized E-PDCCH resource and the search space corresponding to the distributed E-PDCCH resource, so as to obtain the downlink control information transmitted by the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rui Zhao, Xueming Pan, Zukang Shen, Ranran Zhang
  • Patent number: 8705482
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device of reporting channel state information, including: user terminal selects the codebook used in reporting precoding matrix indicator (PMI) from double-stage codebook and selects PMI from the codebook; double-stage codebook involves codebook reflecting long-term/broadband information and that reflecting short-term/frequency selective channel information; and user terminal calculates channel quality indication; therein, when reporting through physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the parameter used in calculating channel quality indication (CQI) includes the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) reported by user terminal through physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); when reporting through physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the parameter used in calculating CQI includes the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) reported by user terminal through physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); user terminal selects the PMI and calculates CQI according to the specified rep
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Xin Su, Deshan Miu, Ranran Zhang, Meifang Jing, Qiubin Gao, Guojun Xiao, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Publication number: 20140050276
    Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting channel state information and device thereof. By applying the technical schemes of the embodiment of the present invention, in a LTE-A system using PUCCH reporting mode 1-1, in a situation where PMI feedback for 8 antenna ports is needed to be reported in a sub-frame and PUCCH capacity is limited, therefore codebook compression is required, a corresponding relationship definition of the pre-coding matrix indicator information or the pre-coding matrix indicator information pair and the codebook index or the codebook index pair after codebook compression is provided, thus realizing the feedback and receiving of channel state information between a base station and terminal equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ranran ZHANG, Qiubin GAO, Meifang JING, Rakesh TAMRAKAR, Guojun XIAO
  • Publication number: 20130215841
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device of reporting channel state information, including: user terminal selects the codebook used in reporting precoding matrix indicator (PMI) from double-stage codebook and selects PMI from the codebook; double-stage codebook involves codebook reflecting long-term/broadband information and that reflecting short-term/frequency selective channel information; and user terminal calculates channel quality indication; therein, when reporting through physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the parameter used in calculating channel quality indication (CQI) includes the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) reported by user terminal through physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); when reporting through physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the parameter used in calculating CQI includes the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) reported by user terminal through physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); user terminal selects the PMI and calculates CQI according to the specified rep
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Xin Sun, Deshan Miu, Ranran Zhang, Meifang Jing, Qiubin Gao, Guojun Xiao, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Patent number: 8477872
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for transmitting information in a multi-antenna system. The method may include: a transmitting end receives information transmitted by a receiving end, wherein the information includes information of index of a precoder; the transmitting end selects a precoder from a two-layered codebook based on the information of the index of the precoder; the transmitting end precodes to-be-transmitted data by using the precoder; the transmitting end transmits the precoded data to the receiving end. The technical scheme of the present invention obtains codebooks most matching with channel distribution characteristics of dual-polarized antennas and minimizes performance loss brought by codebook quantization to remarkably improve the performances of precoding systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Ranran Zhang, Qiubin Gao, Deshan Miao, Meifang Jing, Gaishi La
  • Publication number: 20130163687
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device for processing codebook subset restriction, which includes: the codebooks for every rank of N antenna ports are grouped, wherein N is a natural number; after grouping, the status of each group is identified as restricted or unrestricted by using one bit. The present invention can reduce the signaling overhead needed for codebook subset restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Meifang Jing, Qiubin Gao, Ranran Zhang, Shaohui Sun, Guojun Xiao, Rakesh Tamrakar
  • Publication number: 20130044624
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reporting channel state information (CSI) based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are used to realize correct reporting of the CSI based on double code books. The method includes the following steps: a reporting mode configuration signaling for the CSI sent from a network side is received, and said reporting mode configuration signaling for the CSI at least carries a designated reporting mode identifier; a first CSI aiming at the whole bandwidth of a system is established according to a reporting type corresponding to said reporting mode identifier; the whole bandwidth of the system is divided into at least two frequency band subclasses, and a second CSI aiming at a designated frequency band subclass is established according to the reporting type corresponding to said reporting mode identifier; and when a reporting indication signaling sent from the network side is received, said first CSI and said second CSI are transmitted to the network side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Xin Su, Deshan Miao, Ranran Zhang, Meifang Jing, Qiubin Gao, Shaohui Sun, Guojun Xiao, Rakesh Tamrakar