Patents by Inventor Tony EKPENYONG

Tony EKPENYONG 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: 10986670
    Abstract: A random access feedback method, a random access processing method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The random access feedback method includes: receiving a first message sent by a terminal in performing a random access, wherein the first message comprises a preamble field and a data field; detecting the preamble field and the data field of the first message to obtain a detection result of whether or not a preamble exists in the first message and/or whether or not data is successfully obtained in the first message; and feeding back the detection result to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bin Ren, Tony Ekpenyong, Xueming Pan
  • Patent number: 10911283
    Abstract: A method of generating an uplink signal sequence, a user equipment, a base station and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: generating an uplink signal sequence ru,v(?)(n) based on ru,v(?)(n)=ej?nru,v(n), 0?n<12, where a is configured to distinguish a terminal, an uplink signal base sequence ru,v(n)=ej?(n)?/4, where u represents a group number, and v represents an intra-group base sequence number, ?(n)?/4 represents a phase of a base sequence; performing a full traversal of multiple possible phases of the phase ?(n)?/4 on the uplink signal sequence with a length of 12, and selecting a predetermined number of uplink signal sequences with a lowest peak-to-average power ratio and a lowest cross-correlation characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiangli Lin, Xuejuan Gao, Tony Ekpenyong
  • Publication number: 20200404666
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a transmission method and device. The transmission method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, configuration information for indicating whether transmission of uplink control information on a first physical uplink shared channel is supported; and transmitting, by the user equipment, the first physical uplink shared channel and/or the uplink control information based on the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200404629
    Abstract: A method and device of transmitting a downlink control channel, a method and device of detecting and receiving a downlink control channel are provided. The method includes: determining a blind detection period parameter of the downlink control channel; and transmitting the downlink control channel based the blind detection period parameter of the downlink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200359374
    Abstract: An information transmission method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The information transmission method includes: determining a plurality of PUCCH resources corresponding to UCI; determining a target PUCCH resource for the UCI transmission from the plurality of PUCCH resources, according to Scheduling Request (SR) states of a plurality of SR configurations; and sending the UCI through the target PUCCH resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200344728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission method, a UE, a base station and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a slot format indication (SFI) transmitted by a base station; when a transmission direction of a preset transmission resource indicated by the SFI does not meet transmission requirement of downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) transmission, not performing the transmission related to the downlink SPS transmission on the preset transmission resource; and/or, when a transmission direction of a preset transmission resource indicated by the SFI meets transmission requirement of downlink SPS transmission, performing the transmission related to the downlink SPS transmission on the preset transmission resource. The preset transmission resource is a resource for performing transmission related to the downlink SPS transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200275398
    Abstract: A timing advance indication method, a base station, a terminal and a device are provided. The method includes: transmitting subcarrier spacing configuration information of a physical uplink shared channel and/or a physical uplink control channel to a terminal; receiving a preamble fed back by the terminal based on subcarrier spacing configuration information; obtaining a quantized value of a timing advance corresponding to a tracking area based on the preamble; and transmitting the quantized value of the timing advance to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ren DA, Zheng ZHAO, Bin REN, Tony EKPENYONG, Pierre BERTRAND, Fangchen CHENG, Tie LI, Qiubin GAO
  • Publication number: 20200274746
    Abstract: A method of generating an uplink signal sequence, a user equipment, a base station and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: generating an uplink signal sequence ru,v(?)(n) based on ru,v(?)(n)=ej?nru,v(n), 0?n<12, where a is configured to distinguish a terminal, an uplink signal base sequence ru,v(n)=ej?(n)?/4, where u represents a group number, and v represents an intra-group base sequence number, ?(n)?/4 represents a phase of a base sequence; performing a full traversal of multiple possible phases of the phase ?(n)?/4 on the uplink signal sequence with a length of 12, and selecting a predetermined number of uplink signal sequences with a lowest peak-to-average power ratio and a lowest cross-correlation characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiangli LIN, Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200267698
    Abstract: A resource allocation determination method, a resource allocation indication method, a UE and a network device are provided. The resource allocation determination method applied for the UE includes: determining the quantity N of bits of a resource allocation indication field in DCI; determining a BWP where a data channel is located based on the DCI; and determining resource allocation for the data channel in the BWP where the data channel is located based on information about the resource allocation indication field in the DCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yanping XING, Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200214014
    Abstract: A common downlink control channel transmission method and a relevant device are provided. The common downlink control channel transmission method includes: receiving, by a UE, a target signal from a network side device, a resource set for transmitting a common downlink control channel is associated with the target signal; and determining, by the UE, the resource set in accordance with the target signal, and receiving the common downlink control channel from the network side device through the resource set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200204332
    Abstract: A measurement gap determination method, a UE and a network side device are provided. The measurement gap determination method includes: receiving, by a UE, measurement configuration information of a SS block of at least one BWP transmitted from a network side device, wherein the UE operates at the BWP on which no SS block is transmitted when the UE receives the measurement configuration information; determining, by the UE, a measurement gap for the measurement of the SS block on the at least one BWP in accordance with the measurement configuration information; and measuring, by the UE, the SS block on the at least one BWP in the measurement gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ren DA, Zheng ZHAO, Bin REN, Tie LI, Fangchen CHENG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200196282
    Abstract: A method for detecting and receiving a downlink control channel, a User Equipment (UE), and a network side device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a UE, a first detection time parameter indicated by a network side device for detection and reception of the downlink control channel; and selecting, by the UE, a corresponding downlink control channel time domain resource according to the first detection time parameter to detect and receive the downlink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200177423
    Abstract: An information transmission method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method includes: acquiring a symbol occupied by a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a time unit; determining a cyclic shift (CS) value corresponding to the symbol; and transmitting the PUCCH on the symbol according to the CS value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xuejuan GAO, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200163057
    Abstract: A downlink channel transmitting method, a downlink channel receiving method, devices thereof, a base station and a terminal are provided. The downlink channel transmitting method is applied to a base station and includes: indicating, explicitly or implicitly, a transmitting period of a group common physical downlink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20200163124
    Abstract: A random access method, a base station and a User Equipment (UE) are provided. A random access method applied to a base station side includes: receiving, by using a pre-configured first SubCarrier Spacing (SCS), a first random access preamble message transmitted by a UE when the base station instructs the UE to perform an initial access according to a contention-based random access mechanism; transmitting, by using a predetermined second SCS or a third SCS configured by a network, a first Random Access Response (RAR) message to the UE; receiving, by using a predetermined fourth SCS or a fifth SCS configured by the network, a first scheduling transmission message transmitted by the UE; and transmitting, by using a predetermined sixth SCS or a seventh SCS configured by the network, a first collision resolution message to the UE, to complete the initial access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ren DA, Bin REN, Tony EKPENYONG, Zheng ZHAO, Fangchen CHENG, Tie LI
  • Publication number: 20200059910
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a method and device for transmitting a downlink channel. The method for transmitting a downlink channel includes: notifying a UE of a resource set for transmission of a group common PDCCH. The solution of the present disclosure enables the UE to ascertain a resource location for detection and reception of a group common PDCCH, thereby detecting and receiving the group common PDCCH at the resource location of the group common PDCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Tony EKPENYONG
  • Publication number: 20190380155
    Abstract: A method for information transmission is provided by the present disclosure. The method includes: transmitting, by a first User Equipment (UE), a first random access request to an access network entity, the first random access request carrying a first preamble and data; and receiving, by the first UE, a random access response sent by the access network entity according to the first random access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bin REN, Tony EKPENYONG, Xueming PAN
  • Publication number: 20190357265
    Abstract: A random access method and a terminal are provided. The random access method comprises: receiving random access mechanism configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the random access mechanism configuration information includes a random access type and random access time-frequency resource information corresponding to the random access type, and the random access type includes a first random access mechanism and/or a second random access mechanism; and performing a random access process of the first random access mechanism or the second random access mechanism according to the random access mechanism configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Bin REN, Tony EKPENYONG, Xueming PAN
  • Publication number: 20190357266
    Abstract: A random access feedback method, a random access processing method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The random access feedback method includes: receiving a first message sent by a terminal in performing a random access, wherein the first message comprises a preamble field and a data field; detecting the preamble field and the data field of the first message to obtain a detection result of whether or not a preamble exists in the first message and/or whether or not data is successfully obtained in the first message; and feeding back the detection result to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Bin REN, Tony EKPENYONG, Xueming PAN
  • Publication number: 20190296954
    Abstract: An uplink waveform acquisition method, an uplink waveform feedback method, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The acquisition method includes: acquiring an uplink waveform for information transmission of a terminal; and performing information transmission according to the uplink waveform, wherein, the acquiring the uplink waveform, includes: determining the uplink waveform for current information transmission of the terminal, according to correspondence between uplink waveforms and preset conditions in communication protocols; or receiving information about the uplink waveform for information transmission of the terminal, the information about the uplink waveform being determined for the terminal and transmitted through a preset message by a network side; or receiving information about the uplink waveform for information transmission of the terminal, the information about the uplink waveform being fed back to the terminal by the network side according to reporting information from the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yanping XING, Tony EKPENYONG, Xueming PAN