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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20260012293
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in a wireless communication system. Configuration information regarding a hybrid automatic repeat and request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) retransmission is received from a base station (BS) via higher layer signaling. Downlink control information (DCI) is received from the BS. An offset for the HARQ-ACK retransmission is identified as a value of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field included in the DCI, based on the configuration information. The HARQ-ACK retransmission is performed on a slot identified based on the offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Feifei SUN, Jingxing FU
  • Publication number: 20260006562
    Abstract: The present 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 present 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 present disclosure relates to mobile communication technology, and in particular, to a method for uplink transmission and apparatus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Yi WANG, Jingxing FU, Feifei SUN
  • Publication number: 20250365737
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. An apparatus and a method performed by the same in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes: receiving configuration information from a base station; and receiving a downlink signal from the base station based on the configuration information, the downlink signal including downlink data. The downlink data includes a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and/or a multicast/broadcast PDSCH, the unicast PDSCH includes a dynamically scheduled unicast PDSCH and/or a unicast semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH, and the multicast/broadcast PDSCH includes a dynamically scheduled multicast/broadcast PDSCH and/or a multicast/broadcast SPS PDSCH. The present disclosure improves the efficiency of uplink or downlink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Sa ZHANG, Yi WANG, Jingxing FU, Feifei SUN
  • Patent number: 12484063
    Abstract: 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) 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. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving downlink data and/or downlink control signaling from a base station; determining uplink data and/or uplink control signaling, an uplink time unit and/or an uplink physical channel for transmitting the uplink data and/or the uplink control signaling based on the downlink data and/or the downlink control signaling; and transmitting the uplink data and/or uplink control signaling to the base station on the determined uplink time unit and/or uplink physical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Jingxing Fu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12471084
    Abstract: A terminal and a method performed by the same in a wireless communication system are provided for improved communication efficiency. The method includes receiving at least one PDSCH from one or more scheduled PDSCHs. Each of the one or more PDSCHs includes a unicast PDSCH including a dynamically scheduled unicast PDSCH and/or a unicast semi-persistent scheduling PDSCH, and/or a multicast PDSCH including a dynamically scheduled multicast PDSCH and/or a multicast SPS PDSCH, and feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement information for the at least one received PDSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 12464525
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving control information. A method performed by a UE includes receiving, from a base station, DCI or a higher layer signaling; when first priority UCI and second priority UCI are transmitted in a same physical uplink channel, separately encoding the first priority UCI and the second priority UCI, based on a first number of bits of the first priority UCI and a second number of bits of the second priority UCI; and transmitting, based on the DCI or the higher layer signaling, the encoded first priority UCI and the second priority UCI, to the base station, on the same physical uplink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Jingxing Fu, Feifei Sun