Patents by Inventor Wei NA

Wei NA 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).

  • D2D peer discovery and data transmission
    Patent number: 10142922
    Abstract: A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device via a wireless access interface. The method includes transmitting signals representing data in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol via a shared communication channel of the wireless access interface. The transmitting the signals includes: selecting an identifier which identifies a party and identifies a discovery communication type; transmitting a scheduling assignment message in an scheduling assignment portion of the shared communications channel, wherein the scheduling assignment message includes the selected identifier for discovery by one or more other communications devices; and transmitting the signals representing the data in a data portion of the shared communications channel in accordance with the scheduling assignment message. The method can facilitate use of discovery in device-to-device environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Anders Berggren, Wei Na
  • D2D PEER DISCOVERY AND DATA TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20170041863
    Abstract: A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device via a wireless access interface. The method includes transmitting signals representing data in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol via a shared communication channel of the wireless access interface. The transmitting the signals includes: selecting an identifier which identifies a party and identifies a discovery communication type; transmitting a scheduling assignment message in an scheduling assignment portion of the shared communications channel, wherein the scheduling assignment message includes the selected identifier for discovery by one or more other communications devices; and transmitting the signals representing the data in a data portion of the shared communications channel in accordance with the scheduling assignment message. The method can facilitate use of discovery in device-to-device environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Anders BERGGREN, Wei NA