Patents by Inventor Weihua Hu

Weihua Hu 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: 20230412560
    Abstract: A service identifier allocation method in a computing-aware network includes requesting, by a terminal device, a computing management function to deploy a computing service by using information for obtaining the computing service. The method also includes receiving, by the terminal device, a notification from the computing management function. The notification indicates that deployment of the computing service is completed. The method further includes sending, by the terminal device, a service request packet to a first computing-aware user plane function. The service request packet is used to request the computing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yan WANG, Weihua HU
  • Patent number: 11778455
    Abstract: A subscriber identity management method, a device, and a system. The method includes: a network device that receives a first message from a terminal device, where the first message includes a first subscriber identity number of the terminal device; the network device sends a second message to a blockchain handling function network element, where the second message includes the first subscriber identity number of the terminal device and is used to query routing information of subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number; and the network device receives, from the blockchain handling function network element, the routing information of the subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number, where the routing information is used to address the subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weihua Hu, Yanping Zhang, Jianan Hong
  • Publication number: 20230300210
    Abstract: A computing aware-session management method includes sending, by a second computing aware-user plane function, computing service information to a first computing aware-user plane function. The computing service information is useable to indicate that an edge computing node associated with the second computing aware-user plane function is configured to support a first computing service. The computing aware-session management method further includes receiving, by the second computing aware-user plane function, a service request packet from the first computing aware-user plane function. The service request packet is useable for requesting the first computing service. The computing aware-session management method further includes sending, by the second computing aware-user plane function, the service request packet to the edge computing node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yan WANG, Weihua HU
  • Publication number: 20230224795
    Abstract: A communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A control plane device obtains first information of a first terminal device, where the first information indicates a terminal device that has mutual trust with the first terminal device, and the terminal device that has mutual trust with the first terminal device includes a second terminal device. The control plane device sends a first message to a first user plane device, where the first message includes route configuration information, the route configuration information is used to configure a first transmission path, the first transmission path is used to forward data to a second terminal device via the first terminal device, and the first user plane device is configured to provide a user plane data forwarding service for the first terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weihua HU
  • Publication number: 20230217300
    Abstract: This application discloses a data transmission method, a link quality detection method, a communication apparatus, and a storage medium, and relates to the communication field. The data transmission method includes: A first user plane function receives data from a first terminal, where the data is data sent to a second terminal; and the first user plane function sends the data to a second user plane function through a first QoS flow, where the second user plane function is a user plane function corresponding to the second terminal. In the data transmission method, data transmission is performed between the first user plane function and the second user plane function through the first QoS flow, and data transmission can also be performed between the first terminal and the first user plane function and between the second terminal and the second user plane function based on a QoS flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hancheng Li, Weihua Hu, Wenfu Wu
  • Publication number: 20230209406
    Abstract: A multi-flow associated transmission method includes obtaining, by a session management network element, first information. The first information includes a group identifier of a service flow group to which each of a plurality of service sub-flows and quality of service (QoS) policy information corresponding to each service sub-flow, or QoS policy information of the service flow group to which each service sub-flow belongs. The method also includes determining, by the session management network element based on the group identifier of the service flow group to which each service sub-flow belongs, that there is an association relationship between the plurality of service sub-flows. The method further includes guaranteeing, by the session management network element, associated transmission of the plurality of service sub-flows based on the QoS policy information corresponding to each service sub-flow or the QoS policy information of the service flow group to which each service sub-flow belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Weihua HU
  • Publication number: 20220345881
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a gateway system and a communication method. The gateway system includes: a control plane entity, connected or integrated with a mobility management network element, and configured to allocate an IP address to UE and configure a data path for connecting a user plane entity with an RAN, a PDN or another gateway; one or more user plane entities, located between the PDN and the RAN, independent of the control plane entity, configured to forward data on the data path configured by the control plane entity. The gateway system is composed of the control plane entity and the user plane entity which are independent of each other, the number of the user plane entities may be independently changed to adapt to the change of network traffic without replacing all gateway entities, the network deployment is more convenient and the cost is lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shiyong TAN, Weihua HU, Liping YUAN, Jin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220272203
    Abstract: A blockchain-based roaming transaction method includes sending, by a first network device, a charging data record file to a second network device; publishing, by the first network device, a currency statement to a blockchain; and receiving, by the first network device feedback information of the charging data record file from the second network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jianan Hong, Yanping Zhang, Weihua Hu
  • Publication number: 20220263672
    Abstract: A data sharing method includes that a first network element receives a user data policy from a terminal device. The first network element obtains user information of the terminal device according to the user data policy. The first network element sends the user information of the terminal device to a second network element according to the user data policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Weihua Hu, Jianan Hong
  • Publication number: 20220225687
    Abstract: A tobacco evaporator, comprising a body, a smoke circulation channel, and a heating core assembly. The heating core assembly comprises a smoke bowl assembly and a preheating assembly; the smoke bowl assembly comprises a first bowl body and a second bowl body, and the first bowl body is used for accommodating a substance to be evaporated; the second bowl body is used for accommodating the preheating assembly and is elastically fastened to the preheating assembly, and the preheating assembly is used for when cleaning is needed, being detachably taken out of the second bowl body to clean the smoke circulation channel and pushing the preheating assembly into the fastening position in a set direction after cleaning is completed. A hot air heating mode for a material to be evaporated and a more convenient and thorough air channel cleaning structure are implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Weihua Hu
  • Patent number: 11368838
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a gateway system and a communication method. The gateway system includes: a control plane entity, connected or integrated with a mobility management network element, and configured to allocate an IP address to UE and configure a data path for connecting a user plane entity with an RAN, a PDN or another gateway; one or more user plane entities, located between the PDN and the RAN, independent of the control plane entity, configured to forward data on the data path configured by the control plane entity. The gateway system is composed of the control plane entity and the user plane entity which are independent of each other, the number of the user plane entities may be independently changed to adapt to the change of network traffic without replacing all gateway entities, the network deployment is more convenient and the cost is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiyong Tan, Weihua Hu, Liping Yuan, Jin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220191685
    Abstract: A subscriber identity management method, a device, and a system. The method includes: a network device that receives a first message from a terminal device, where the first message includes a first subscriber identity number of the terminal device; the network device sends a second message to a blockchain handling function network element, where the second message includes the first subscriber identity number of the terminal device and is used to query routing information of subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number; and the network device receives, from the blockchain handling function network element, the routing information of the subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number, where the routing information is used to address the subscriber data associated with the first subscriber identity number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weihua HU, Yanping ZHANG, Jianan HONG
  • Patent number: 11323921
    Abstract: A method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) is handed over or switched from a source network to a target network; a network element on a network side determines whether to detach the UE from the source network, and if yes, the network element on the network side detaches the UE from the source network. A system and a device for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network, and another method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenfu Wu, Weihua Hu, Shanshan Wang
  • Patent number: 11216549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a security verification method and a device, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to verify a user identity based on a wearing status monitoring result and a pairing result of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shangchun Yu, Weihua Hu
  • Patent number: 11134009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a packet processing method and an apparatus. The method includes: determining a to-be-installed flow entry and packet sending information; and sending, to a switch, a flow entry installation message carrying the to-be-installed flow entry and the packet sending information, so that the switch obtains the to-be-installed flow entry and the packet sending information from the flow entry installation message, installs the flow entry, and sends a packet according to the packet sending information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weihua Hu, Hui Ni, Shiyong Tan
  • Patent number: 11115350
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing information, a forwarding plane device and a control plane device. The method includes: receiving a data packet, and extracting the data packet's characteristic information; searching for context information corresponding to the data packet's characteristic information; buffering or discarding the data packet if the context information is not found; and sending an event reporting message to a gateway control plane device, wherein the event reporting message carries the data packet's characteristic information, so that the gateway control plane device acquires the context information corresponding to the data packet's characteristic information. forwarding of the data packet to the greatest extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiyong Tan, Hui Ni, Hui Cai, Weihua Hu
  • Patent number: 11057439
    Abstract: A method for configuring a path for intercepting user data, a method for intercepting user data, an apparatus, a system, a control plane entity and a user plane entity are provided. The method for configuring the path for intercepting user data comprises: acquiring a target to be intercepted and an intercepting interface address; configuring data path configuration information on a user plane entity GW-U according to the target to be intercepted and the intercepting interface address; sending the data path configuration information to the user plane entity GW-U so that the GW-U establishes a path for data transmission; initiating an establishment of an intercepting connection of an intercepting interface to an intercepting entity based on the intercepting interface address so as to transmit the data of the target to be intercepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Zhang, Shiyong Tan, Weihua Hu
  • Patent number: 10912064
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a method and device for managing a forwarding plane tunnel resource. The method includes sending a forwarding plane tunnel resource request message to a forwarding plane device, for enabling the forwarding plane device to allocate a forwarding plane tunnel resource based on the forwarding plane tunnel resource request message; acquiring the allocated forwarding plane tunnel resource from the forwarding plane device; and sending the acquired forwarding plane tunnel resource to a target network element, to establish a packet data network connection with the target network element. By adopting the present disclosure, the load balancing of the forwarding plane device is achieved, the signaling interaction between the control plane device and the forwarding plane device is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyong Tan, Hui Ni, Hui Cai, Weihua Hu
  • Patent number: 10841858
    Abstract: A data processing method when the handover or change appears between systems includes: a Mobility Management network element sends a data forwarding tunnel identifier of a target side processing network element to a user plane anchor network element, obtains a data forwarding tunnel identifier of the user plane anchor network element, and sends the data forwarding tunnel identifier of the user plane anchor network element to a source data forwarding network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenfu Wu, Weihua Hu
  • Publication number: 20200314699
    Abstract: A method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) is handed over or switched from a source network to a target network; a network element on a network side determines whether to detach the UE from the source network, and if yes, the network element on the network side detaches the UE from the source network. A system and a device for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network, and another method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Wenfu Wu, Weihua Hu, Shanshan Wang