Patents by Inventor Sa ZHANG

Sa 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: 20260254503
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Jingxing FU, Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN
  • Publication number: 20260238282
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information (CSI). The method includes: receiving first configuration information for a CSI report; and in case that a first condition is satisfied, transmitting the CSI report based on the first configuration information. The first condition is related to one or more of: a time associated with cell discontinuous transmission (DTX), a time associated with cell discontinuous reception (DRX), or a time associated with subband full duplex (SBFD). The communication efficiency can be improved by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Feifei SUN, Sa ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20260231282
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method and an apparatus for power saving in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information for configuring a parameter related to one or more of cell discontinuous reception (DRX) and/or discontinuous transmission (DTX), receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and when the cell DRX and/or DTX is configured, performing a DRX operation on a first downlink signal and/or performing a DTX operation on a first uplink signal, where the DRX operation includes receiving the first downlink signal in a first time, and the DTX operation includes transmitting the first uplink signal in the first time, where the first time is determined based on the configuration information and the DCI format. The invention can enhance network power saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12701571
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure discloses a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a UE performing the method. The method comprises receiving a downlink control information DCI format, wherein the DCI format is used for scheduling one or more uplink channels or downlink channels; and transmitting the one or more uplink channels or receiving the one or more downlink channels according to the DCI format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun, Min Wu
  • Patent number: 12701570
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station on a first cell, first downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) on first multiple cells and receiving, from the base station, the multiple PDSCHs on the first multiple cells based on the first DCI. at least one CRC of the first DCI is scrambled with at least one of a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) or a modulation coding scheme (MCS)-C-RNTI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Publication number: 20260223088
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, by the UE, one or more first configuration information, wherein each of the one or more first configuration information indicates a switching pattern over a plurality of time units, wherein the plurality of time units includes a first time unit and a second time unit, receiving and/or transmitting, by the UE, on a first cell in the first time unit, and receiving and/or transmitting, by the UE, on a second cell in the second time unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Yuanyuan ZHANG, Sa ZHANG, He WANG, Dan LIU, Jiseon KANG, Bozhi LI
  • Patent number: 12659974
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure provides a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, and methods performed by the first UE and the second UE in a wireless communication system. The method performed by the first UE in the communication system includes transmitting, to the second UE, a first signalling for indicating information of a resource, or receiving, from the second UE, a second signalling for indicating the information of the resource; and on the resource, receiving a feedback signalling from the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Miao Zhou, Feifei Sun, Sa Zhang
  • Publication number: 20260163704
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. An apparatus in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the same are provided, with the method including receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on the received PDCCH, and transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information for the received PDSCH, thereby improving improve communication efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2026
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN, Jingxing FU
  • Publication number: 20260150132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving first information for enabling multiplexing of uplink control information (UCI) with different priorities; and transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using a PUCCH resource. In case that the PUCCH includes UCI of a first priority and UCI of a second priority, a transmission power for the PUCCH is determined assuming that the PUCCH includes only the UCI of the first priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12634814
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The communication method includes transmitting a request signaling to a base station to request the base station to perform at least one of the following operations, transmitting at least one downlink signal, receiving at least one uplink signal, and entering an active state. In accordance with the embodiments of the disclosure, the influence of the dormancy of the base station on user experience and transmission delay is reduced when the base station enters a dormant state to reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun, Sa Zhang
  • Patent number: 12628175
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method and an electronic equipment are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information of periodical physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, wherein within each cycle of the configuration comprises a first time window and/or a second time window, and according to the configuration information, performing PDCCH monitoring on type 3 common search space (CSS) and UE-specific search space (USS) in the first time window, and/or, skipping PDCCH monitoring on type 3 CSS and USS in the second time window. By the embodiments of the disclosure, the user equipment (UE) periodically performs PDCCH monitoring and/or skips PDCCH monitoring to achieve the objective of power-saving, and it is avoided that UE cannot timely receive scheduling information to thereby cause data transmission delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12627453
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services The disclosure provides a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the UE, including: receiving downlink data and/or downlink control signaling from a base station; and transmitting uplink data and/or uplink control signaling to the base station based on the downlink data and/or downlink control signaling received from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Feifei Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Publication number: 20260129494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a UE performing the method. The method includes receiving a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration, wherein the CSI reporting configuration is associated with a resource set for channel measurement; reporting X first CSI report(s), wherein CSI in each of the X first CSI report(s) is for reporting inference and/or prediction and is associated with F time instance(s), F?1; reporting a second CSI report, wherein CSI in the second CSI report is determined based on comparison of a resource associated with a resource indicator included in CSI associated with each time instance in each of the X first CSI report(s) with a resource determined based on measurement of the resource set for channel measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Feifei SUN, Sa ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12604305
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, first information associated with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with hybrid automatic request—acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK); receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); identifying the PUCCH resource based on second information associated with HARQ-ACK which is obtained from the first information, and third information associated with uplink control information (UCI); transmitting, to the base station, HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCH and at least one scheduling request (SR) via the identified PUCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Feifei Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Patent number: 12581491
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission method of an uplink control channel, a corresponding user equipment, a base station and a computer-readable medium. The transmission method of the uplink control channel comprising: obtaining configuration information related to a nominal repetition; determining resource locations of one or more actual repetitions according to the configuration information related to the nominal repetition; and transmitting information according to the resource locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feifei Sun, Yi Wang, Sa Zhang, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 12574975
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method, a user equipment (UE), a base station, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes receiving, by a UE, information related to physical random access channel (PRACH) resources, determining available PRACH resources in an energy saving state and/or non-energy saving state of a base station, and then transmitting a PRACH to the base station based on the available PRACH resources and the state of the base station. The method may reduce the amount of PRACH resources to be monitored by the base station, thereby achieving the purpose of saving power on the base station side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Sa Zhang, Qi Xiong, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12568494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, user equipment (UE) capability information indicating that the UE supports a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) between a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a group-common PDSCH in a slot and receiving, from the base station, a first PDSCH that is the unicast PDSCH and a second PDSCH that is the group-common PDSCH, which are FDMed in the slot based on the UE capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12563601
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system that includes identifying that a first uplink channel collides with a second uplink channel and a first downlink channel, resolving a collision between the first uplink channel and the first downlink channel by not transmitting a time unit of the first uplink channel that collides with the first downlink channel in case that a first predefined condition is satisfied, resolving a collision between the first uplink channel and the second uplink channel, and performing a downlink reception or an uplink transmission based on at least one of the first uplink channel, the second uplink channel or the first downlink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12556343
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. An apparatus in a wireless communication system and a method performed by the same are provided, with the method including receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on the received PDCCH, and transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information for the received PDSCH, thereby improving improve communication efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Publication number: 20260025188
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a transmitting method, receiving method and a corresponding device for beam information. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, information related to signal beams related to a first mode of the base station; and performing an operation related to communication based on the information related to the signal beams related to the first mode of the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Qi XIONG, Zhe CHEN, Sa ZHANG