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: 20230217470
    Abstract: Provided in the implementations of the present disclosure are a resource set transmission method and a terminal device, which can avoid problems of hidden nodes, exposed nodes, half duplex, etc. avoided during resource selection, and improve the reliability of resource selection. The resource set transmission method includes: a first terminal sending first information, the first information being used for indicating M resource sets, wherein the M resource sets are targeted at one target terminal, or each resource set in the M resource sets is targeted at one or more target terminals, and the resource set is used for determining a candidate transmission resource when the target terminal performs resource selection, and M is a positive integer and M?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: SHICHANG ZHANG, YI DING, HUEI-MING LIN, ZHENSHAN ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11690028
    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: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun, Jingxing Fu
  • Patent number: 11690049
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining a resource of a communication by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, information on a minimum number of subframes for monitoring; determining a number of a plurality of subframes to be monitored based on the minimum number of subframes; identifying the plurality of subframes to be monitored for a sidelink transmission; and transmitting, to the base station, information indicating a set of subframes for the sidelink transmission selected based on the plurality of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yi Wang, Yingyang Li
  • Patent number: 11678299
    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 for multi-carrier data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11665650
    Abstract: Disclosed are 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), applicable 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Jingxing Fu, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11659371
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource selection or reselection method by a user equipment (UE) and the UE in Vehicle to vehicle/pedestrian/infrastructure/network (V2X) communication. The method comprises the steps of: detecting physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmitted by other UE(s); selecting (a) single-subframe resource(s) from single-subframe resources which do not overlap with single-subframe resources reserved by the detected PSCCH; and transmitting physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the selected single-subframe resource(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11658791
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and relates to a method for processing information and a terminal device, the method for processing information includes: determining a corresponding feedback resource based on received indication information; receiving sidelink data transmitted by a second UE; and, transmitting feedback information of the sidelink data on the sidelink data. In the present application, the problem of implementing feedback of HARQ-ACK information and channel state information in the sidelink communication is addressed, and the mode of transmitting the sidelink data is further optimized, thereby improving spectral efficiency on the sidelink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang
  • Publication number: 20230156639
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a synchronization signal (SS), the method comprising: performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation in a pre-defined window; if the LBT operation succeeds, transmitting an SS block (SSB) in the window, wherein the SSB comprises the SS, or the SSB comprises the SS and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure may significantly improve the efficiency of data transmission and the access performance for the communication system by relaxing the time when the base station implements the LBT, that is, allowing the base station to implement the LBT in the pre-defined window and transmit the SSB after the LBT succeeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Yingyang LI, Min WU, Shichang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11646834
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11647521
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an uplink signal transmission method, a terminal, and base station. The terminal receives, from a base station, control information for an uplink scheduling, the control information including information indicating a reference starting position of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and transmits, to the base station, data based on the information indicating the reference starting position of the PUSCH. The information indicating the reference starting position of the PUSCH includes a starting symbol and a starting position preceding the starting symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yi Wang, Yingyang Li
  • Publication number: 20230127136
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method and a terminal, capable of improving the reliability of a communication system by means of cooperation between terminals. The method includes: transmitting, by a first terminal, a first indication to a second terminal, the first indication indicating a first resource set including a time-frequency resource selected by the first terminal or a time-frequency resource indicated by the first terminal via sidelink control information; receiving, by the first terminal, a second indication indicating a second resource set including a resource in the first resource set that satisfies or does not satisfy a first condition; and triggering, by the first terminal, resource reselection according to the second resource set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Zhenshan Zhao, Shichang Zhang, Huei-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11637659
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat-request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information in an enhanced carrier aggregation system. A user equipment (UE) determines the number of HARQ-ACK feedback information bits that the UE needs to transmit in an uplink subframe, and determines the number of uplink control information (UCI) bits to be transmitted in the uplink subframe based on the number of the HARQ-ACK feedback information bits, the number of channel state information (CSI) bits, and the number of scheduling request (SR) bits that need to be transmitted in the uplink subframe, and transmitting the UCI according to the PUCCH format and the resource for transmission of PUCCH determined. With the present disclosure, UCI information may be transmitted using different formats in different PUCCH formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingxing Fu, Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11627445
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource selection or reselection method by a user equipment (UE) and the UE in Vehicle to vehicle/pedestrian/infrastructure/network (V2X) communication. The method comprises the steps of: detecting physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmitted by other UE(s); selecting (a) single-subframe resource(s) from single-subframe resources which do not overlap with single-subframe resources reserved by the detected PSCCH; and transmitting physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the selected single-subframe resource(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang
  • Publication number: 20230076577
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting uplink control information. The method includes: a User Equipment (UE) receives Uplink Control Information UCI configuration information, wherein the UCI configuration information includes information for determining a periodicity, an offset and a Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH for Periodic-Channel State Information P-CSI to be report in one subframe and configuration information for transmission of Hybrid Automatic Retransmission reQuest-Acknowledgement HARQ-ACK; processes one or more kinds of UCI in the subframe, and transmits the on resources using a PUCCH format. According to the method of the present disclosure, the transmit power for transmitting the UCI on the channel using the PUCCH format is optimized. During the transmission of the P-CSI, the PUCCH resource most preferable for the transmission of the P-CSI is determined. The uplink resource utilization ratio is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyang LI, Yi WANG, Jingxing FU, Shichang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11595973
    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 processing uplink control information (UCI) and a terminal. The method for processing UCI includes: determining the UCI which overlaps with a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource in time domain according to the PUSCH resource; determining whether to transmit the UCI, and performing corresponding processing based on a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li
  • Patent number: 11595963
    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 method for allocating Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources, including: a User Equipment (UE) detects a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a configured control resource set; the UE analyzes the detected PDCCH, correspondingly receives PDSCH, and determines PUCCH resources feeding back Hybrid Automatic Repeat request-ACK (HARQ-ACK) information; the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK information by using the determined PUCCH resources. By adopting the method in the present disclosure, a method for allocating PUCCH resources is provided. An upper-limit resource utilization is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingyang Li, Yi Wang, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11570718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting data by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system including receiving scheduling information for scheduling a plurality of uplink (UL) subframes, identifying a UL subframe u among the plurality of UL subframes, determining a first transmit power for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the UL subframe u, selecting a transmit power among the first transmit power and a predetermined second transmit power, and transmitting data through the PUSCH in the UL subframe u using the selected transmit power, wherein the first transmit power is determined based on a first power adjustment factor for a UL subframe (u?1), in case that the UL subframe u is different from a first scheduled UL subframe among the plurality of UL subframes, and wherein the first transmit power is determined based on a second power adjustment factor for the UL subframe u, in case that the UL subframe u is the first UL subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11557903
    Abstract: This application embodiment provides a method for equalizing the battery module, an apparatus, a battery module and a power management controller, including: judging whether the first battery core and the second battery core enter their respective fully-charged interval; if the first battery core enters and the second battery core doesn't enter, discharging the first battery core until the second battery core enters; if the first battery core doesn't enter and the second battery core enters, judging whether the maximum value of the first charging voltage of each battery cell in the first battery core is greater than a third preset value; if so, discharging the second battery core until the first battery core enters; if not, controlling both to rest a preset time; after resting for the preset time, discharging the first battery core and the second battery core until the SOC of each battery cell enters a same state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei Peng, Guangyu Xu, Shichang Zhang, Shichao Li
  • Patent number: 11558833
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a synchronization signal (SS), the method comprising: performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation in a pre-defined window; if the LBT operation succeeds, transmitting an SS block (SSB) in the window, wherein the SSB comprises the SS, or the SSB comprises the SS and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure may significantly improve the efficiency of data transmission and the access performance for the communication system by relaxing the time when the base station implements the LBT, that is, allowing the base station to implement the LBT in the pre-defined window and transmit the SSB after the LBT succeeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Min Wu, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11546811
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Weiwei Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang, Xiaoning Ma