Patents by Inventor Shichang Zhang

Shichang 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: 20190313279
    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 provides a method for controlling congestion, including: a User Equipment (UE) measures a Channel Busy Ratio (CBR), and controls congestion based on the CBR and a priority; the UE transmits Scheduling Assignment (SA) indicating data channel resources, and correspondingly transmits data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG, Yi WANG
  • Publication number: 20190313405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and an Internet of Things (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 application provides a data transmission method. A first device senses scheduling assignment (SA) and received power of another device, and/or senses a total received energy of all of subframes/sub-bands of the first device. The first device selects or re-selects resources according to the sensing result. The first device transmits data using the resources. The present application also provides a data transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG, Yi WANG
  • Patent number: 10425959
    Abstract: A first device senses scheduling assignment (SA) and received power of a second device, and a total received energy of each subband. The first device determines a reference value of received power of the second device and a reference value of total received energy, based on a sensing result of the second device. The first device selects a resource, based on the reference value of received power and reference value of total received energy, the first device transmits data. By adopting the method of the present disclosure, decoding performance of SA is improved, and accuracy for measuring received power of the SA is also enhanced. Subsequently, on the basis of SA and received power, performances for selecting/re-selecting channel resources are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang, Yi Wang
  • Publication number: 20190288802
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information are provided. The apparatus and method include user equipment (UE) that first receives a downlink grant (DL-GRANT) which schedules downlink HARQ transmission in a time-frequency bundling window corresponding to an uplink subframe used for feeding back HARQ-ACK, obtains a DL downlink assignment index (DL DAI) in the DL-GRANT, and determines a mapping value of each DL DAI. Then, according to the mapping value of the corresponding DL DAI, the HARQ-ACK bit of each HARQ feedback unit is mapped to a corresponding bit of a feedback bit sequence. According to the method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure, useless HARQ-ACK bits may be effectively removed, and efficiency for feeding back HARQ-ACK may be increased. As such, a downlink peak rate of a UE is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI, Jingxing FU, Yi WANG, Chengjun SUN, Lixiang XU
  • Publication number: 20190274065
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yi ZHAO, Shichang ZHANG, Lixiang XU, Weina LI, Yuhan HU, Chunling ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190253977
    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 provides a method and a device of power control for a Uu uplink transmission and a V2X transmission. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for determining the transmission power based on the circumstance of synchronous/asynchronous carriers, a minimum time delay of preparing the transmission power of the V2X and Uu uplink transmission, and an actual time delay of V2X from a resource reselection to a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190246358
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a power allocating method. A User Equipment (UE) receives power control indication information from a control node, obtains a power control mode, and/or, uplink transmission power configuration information. The UE allocates power for each uplink carrier, based on the power control mode, and/or, the uplink transmission power configuration information. By applying the present disclosure, power waste generated in the following scene may be reduced. A scheduled uplink signal cannot be transmitted in a corresponding carrier due to a busy channel. Subsequently, uplink scheduling efficiency of the UE may be improved, and the whole network efficiency may also be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI, Jingxing FU
  • Patent number: 10362545
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides several methods, user equipment (UEs) and base stations for transmitting uplink signals. After receiving uplink synchronization command information, the UE may transmit an uplink signal on at least one idle unlicensed cell. Besides, the UE may try to transmit the uplink signal on multiple uplink signal resources within an uplink signal transmission window. By using the present disclosure, transmission probability of uplink signals may be improved, and time delay of uplink synchronization may be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Publication number: 20190200389
    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. Embodiments of the present disclosure provides method for transmitting signals on an Unlicensed Frequency Band (UFB), comprising: performing, by a transmitting node, a first type of Listen Before Talk (LBT) on a direction i; transmitting, by the transmitting node, signals on a direction j after passing the first type of LBT, wherein the direction i is omnidirectional, or one or multiple beam directions corresponding to the direction j.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG, Yi WANG, Qi LI
  • Publication number: 20190200379
    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 provides a method for transmitting uplink signals, a user equipment (UE), and a base station. The UE determines an LBT type and a starting position of signal transmission according to scheduling information and LBT type of a previous subframe, a current subframe, and a subsequent subframe and whether there is a gap between these subframes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI
  • Publication number: 20190200377
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmitting method. The method includes that a device detects SA, generates a DMRS sequence and a scrambling code of a data channel for the SA correctly decoded; and performs processing for the data channel scheduled by the SA correctly decoded according to the DMRS sequence and the scrambling code. According to the method of the present disclosure, MDRS sequence randomization and scrambling code randomization of the data channel can be better supported, so as to optimize transmission performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG, Yi WANG
  • Patent number: 10327237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid duplex communication method and apparatus. Configuration information is obtained. The configuration information includes locations of special sub-frames on the first carrier, and a transmission direction of each sub-frame on the second carrier. Sounding Reference Symbol (SRS) is sent on a special sub-frame. when all sub-frames on the second carrier are UL sub-frames, the UE may communicate with the BS on the first carrier and the second carrier according to the FDD mode; when the second carrier is used for UL and DL transmission in time division multiplexing mode, the UE may communicate with the BS on DL resources of the first carrier and UL resources of the second carrier according to the FDD mode, and/or, the UE may communicate with the BS on DL resources of the second carrier and UL resources of the second carrier according to the TDD mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin Yu, Shichang Zhang, Chengjun Sun
  • Publication number: 20190182691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for RLM and a corresponding UE. The method comprises the steps of: determining, by a UE and on a carrier used for RLM, whether a reference signal transmitted by a base station for RLM is received in any subframe; performing RLM based on the reference signal if the reference signal transmitted by the base station is received in any subframe; and, determining, according to a result of RLM, whether link failure is detected. With the solutions, a link state capable of accurately reflecting the actual link quality can be acquired, so that a higher layer of a UE can timely make a decision on link failure or link recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI
  • Publication number: 20190182781
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for data transmission in a radio cell of a mobile terminal. The radio cell includes an auxiliary carrier in a low frequency band and at least one master carrier in a high frequency band, the method including: the mobile terminal achieving downlink synchronization with the radio cell through the auxiliary carrier in the low frequency band, and after achieving the downlink synchronization, obtaining configuration information of the radio cell, and transmitting data by using the master carrier and/or the auxiliary carrier according to the configuration information. The present application also provides a mobile terminal. By using the present application, radio cell coverage and transmission performance may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Bin YU, Chengjun SUN
  • Publication number: 20190174432
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Yingyang LI, Jingxing FU, Shichang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190174545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting data, including: sensing, by a first device, a scheduling assignment (SA) of another device; measuring a received power of the other device, and measuring a total received energy of a subframe/subband; determining a received power reference value and a total received energy reference value of the other device according to the SA; e selecting resources; and transmitting data using the selected resources. According to the method of the present disclosure, the performance of the method which avoids collision based on SA is improved, and measurement accuracy of the total received energy of the subband is increased. Thus, resource selection/re-selection can be performed better. As such, interferences between devices can be avoided effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Shichang ZHANG, Yi WANG
  • Patent number: 10313067
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information are provided. The apparatus and method include user equipment (UE) that first receives a downlink grant (DL-GRANT) which schedules downlink HARQ transmission in a time-frequency bundling window corresponding to an uplink subframe used for feeding back HARQ-ACK, obtains a DL downlink assignment index (DL DAI) in the DL-GRANT, and determines a mapping value of each DL DAI. Then, according to the mapping value of the corresponding DL DAI, the HARQ-ACK bit of each HARQ feedback unit is mapped to a corresponding bit of a feedback bit sequence. According to the method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure, useless HARQ-ACK bits may be effectively removed, and efficiency for feeding back HARQ-ACK may be increased. As such, a downlink peak rate of a UE is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Jingxing Fu, Yi Wang, Chengjun Sun, Lixiang Xu
  • Publication number: 20190166526
    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 provides a method for performing access for a UE. In addition, the present disclosure discloses a data forwarding method and a data forwarding equipment, user equipment and base station. By the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, a UE may help a base station to forward data of other UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Lixiang XU, Weiwei WANG, Xiaowan KE, Hong WANG, Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI, Yi WANG, Xiaoning MA
  • Publication number: 20190159143
    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 application provides a method for transmitting uplink information, which includes the following: a UE detects control information, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Yi WANG, Shichang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190159086
    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 provides a method for performing access for a UE. In addition, the present disclosure discloses a data forwarding method and a data forwarding equipment, user equipment and base station. By the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, a UE may help a base station to forward data of other UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Lixiang XU, Weiwei WANG, Xiaowan KE, Hong WANG, Shichang ZHANG, Yingyang LI, Yi WANG, Xiaoning MA