Patents by Inventor Tao Qi

Tao Qi 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: 20250254599
    Abstract: In some arrangements, a first BS (source BS) sends to a second BS (target BS) a handover request including a target cell ID. A remote UE is communicating with the first BS via a first indirect path including a first SL between the remote UE and a first relay UE or a first direct path between the remote UE and the first BS. The target cell ID includes an ID of a serving cell (e.g., serving cell ID or NCGI) of a second relay UE or a serving cell of the direct path. The first BS receives from the second BS a handover response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mengzhen WANG, Lin CHEN, Wanfu XU, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250193951
    Abstract: Techniques are described to perform sidelink wireless communication. An example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first network function of a network device from a second network function of the network device, a request message related to a first communication device, where the request message includes information of a channel to be setup or modified, and where the information includes a second communication device identifier that indicates a second communication device to which the first communication device is configured to setup or modify the channel; and transmitting, by the first network function to the second network function, a response message in response to the receiving the request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Mengzhen WANG, Lin CHEN, Wanfu XU, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250185120
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for coordinating a Multicast and Broadcast Service, MBS, Radio Bearer, MRB, context of a multicast session between a central unit, CU, and a distributed unit, DU, comprising: receiving, by the DU, a first part of the MRB context from the CU, generating, by the DU based on a first configuration from the CU, a second part of the MRB context, and providing it to the CU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250185117
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and system for wireless communication are described. One example wireless communication method includes receiving, by an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node, area information, and broadcasting, by the IAB node, the area information. The receiving the area information may include receiving the area information from a donor central unit (CU), an IAB donor, a gNodeB (gNB), or an access and mobility management function (AMF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Lin CHEN, Ying HUANG, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250175820
    Abstract: Presented are systems, methods, apparatuses, or computer-readable media for multi-path communications. A centralized unit (CU) may send, to a distributed unit (DU), the multi-path configuration information. The CU may receive, from the DU, multi-path configuration response information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lin CHEN, Mengzhen WANG, Weiqiang DU, Wanfu XU, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250175859
    Abstract: Presented are systems, methods, apparatuses, or computer-readable media for facilitating handovers. A first wireless communication node may send, to a second wireless communication node, a handover request message identifying at least one wireless communication device in a user equipment (UE)-to-network relay configuration or an aggregation configuration. The first wireless communication node may receive, from the second wireless communication node, a handover request acknowledgement information identifying the at least one wireless communication device with which a handover is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lin CHEN, Mengzhen WANG, Weiqiang DU, Wanfu XU, Tao QI
  • Patent number: 12317295
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an architecture for supporting MBS sessions in a wireless access network. Each of such MBS sessions is flexibly and dynamically delivered by the access network into one or more Point-To-Point (PTP, or unicast) and Point-To-Multipoint (PTM, or multicast) delivery instances. As such, a subset of the UEs participating in the MBS may be configured to receive the MBS session in a PTP-like manner and quality. The architecture further allows for access network level switching of one or more of the UEs participating in the MBS session between the PTP mode and PTM mode. Such switching are effectuated dynamically without involvement of application layer. The resource allocations and configuration for the PTP and PTM delivery instances may be performed in the access network collaboratively between a central unit (CU) and one or more distributed units (DUs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Lin Chen, Liping Wang, Hao Zhu, Kun Cao
  • Publication number: 20250151166
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include a first Bandwidth Part (BWP configuration used for receiving the multicast reception in the RRC-inactive state, for receiving the multicast data channel in the RRC-inactive state, a first search space, a first control resource set, a first frequency domain location, and a first bandwidth, for receiving the multicast control channel reception in the RRC-inactive state, a second search space, a second control resource set, a second frequency domain location, and a second bandwidth, and receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the multicast reception according to the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250142666
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for supporting multicast reception for a user equipment, UE, in an RRC_INACTIVE state is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a distributed unit, DU, indication information from a central unit, CU, and providing, by the DU, configuration information to the CU. The present disclosure also relates to a method for supporting multicast reception for a user equipment, UE, in an RRC_INACTIVE state. The method comprises receiving, by a UE, a configuration about multicast reception in the RRC_INACTIVE state, and receiving, by the UE, multicast in the RRC_INACTIVE state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250119723
    Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a first wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, to a second wireless terminal, a message associated with a discovery of a relay terminal, wherein the message comprises information associated with at least one network slice supported by the relay terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wanfu XU, Mengzhen WANG, Lin CHEN, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250106931
    Abstract: Methods and systems for techniques for enabling wireless devices to receive multicast services in a radio resource control inactive (RRC_INCTIVE) state are disclosed. In an implementation, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a first network node, from a second network node, a session management signaling that include an alternative quality of service profile, and transmitting, by the first network node, to a wireless device, multicast session data based on the alternative quality of service profile during a radio resource control inactive period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Tao QI, Yang LI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250106105
    Abstract: Presented are systems, methods, apparatuses, or computer-readable media for configuring mobile relay nodes. A first network node may send, to a second network node, configuration information. The configuration information may be associated with a node capable of providing at least one user plane (UP) function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xueying DIAO, Ying HUANG, Lin CHEN, Tao QI
  • Patent number: 12256262
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for data mapping in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication module is disclosed. The method comprises: scheduling data of at least one data radio bearer (DRB) at a first layer; and performing a mapping between a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) flows and the at least one DRB at a mapping layer that is the first layer or a second layer immediately above the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Feng Xie, Liping Wang, Tao Qi, Jun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12238755
    Abstract: Methods for resource allocation and provisioning in a wireless user equipment for sidelink communication with another wireless user equipment are disclosed. For example, a preemption procedure is implemented for allocating active Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) processes in a MAC layer of the wireless user equipment to efficient transmit or receive transport blocks. The preemption procedure may be based on preemption status parameters and preemption priority parameters associated with various transport blocks competing for the HARQ process resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Wei Luo, Lin Chen, Boyuan Zhang, Feng Xie
  • Publication number: 20250056650
    Abstract: Various arrangements disclosed herein relate to managing Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBSs) in various Radio Resource Control (RRC) states, including a wireless communication device receives from a network using signaling specific to the wireless communication device, Point-to-Multipoint (PTM) configuration for each of a plurality of MBSs when the wireless communication device is in a RRC-connected state. The wireless communication device transitions from the RRC-connected state to the RRC-inactive state. In response to transitioning to the RRC-inactive state, the wireless communication device receives from the network data for at least one MBS of the plurality of MBSs using the PTM configuration received in the RRC-connected state when the wireless communication device is in an RRC-inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Patent number: 12225556
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to mechanisms for allocating and mapping wireless communication resources for a multicast/broadcast session in a wireless network. In some exemplary implementations, data flows in a multicast/broadcast session may be duplicated and adaptively and dynamically mapped to multiple independent radio bearers, where each of these multiple independent radio beaters may be configured to either multicast the multicast/broadcast data to a group of target user equipments or unicast the multicast/broadcast data to a single user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Feng Xie, Yan Xue, Shuqiang Xia, Kun Cao
  • Publication number: 20250048062
    Abstract: Various arrangements disclosed herein relate to managing Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBSs) in various Radio Resource Control (RRC) states, including a wireless communication device receiving from a network using first signaling specific to the wireless communication device, PTM configuration used for receiving at least one MBS when the wireless communication device is in an RRC-connected state. The wireless communication device receives from the network using second signaling specific to the wireless communication device when the wireless communication device is in the RRC-connected state, indication information indicating that the PTM configuration used for receiving the at least one MBS is obtained from broadcast signaling when the wireless communication device is in an RRC-inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang LI, Tao QI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250048166
    Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a first wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a first wireless network node, a sidelink (SL) measurement configuration associated with a user-to-user relay for the first wireless terminal and a second wireless terminal, and transmitting, to the first wireless network node, a measurement report based on the measurement configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mengzhen WANG, Lin CHEN, Wanfu XU, Weiqiang DU, Tao QI
  • Publication number: 20250016052
    Abstract: Method, device and computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A method includes: receiving, by a first wireless communication terminal from a wireless communication node, an aggregation configuration; and performing, by the first wireless communication terminal, the aggregation configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Lin CHEN, Mengzhen WANG, Weiqiang DU, Wanfu XU, Tao QI
  • Patent number: 12193001
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for transmitting data using bandwidth parts in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: configuring a first set of bandwidth part (BWP) for a wireless communication device, wherein the first set of BWP includes a single BWP configured for either uplink or downlink transmission regarding the wireless communication device; and configuring at least one second set of BWPs for the wireless communication device, wherein each of the second set of BWPs includes a pair of BWPs configured respectively for uplink and downlink transmissions regarding the wireless communication device. The first set of BWP is associated with the at least one second set of BWPs based on at least one predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Shuqiang Xia, Feng Xie, Ying Liu, Tao Qi, Yan Xue, Kun Cao