Patents by Inventor Wenjing REN

Wenjing REN 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: 20240056840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to determine that a beam failure event occurs on a downlink of an unlicensed band, and to execute, on the unlicensed band and in a beam failure recovery process for the beam failure event, delay reduced clear channel assessment-based uplink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Ying ZHOU, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20230421232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Ying ZHOU, Dongru LI, Qimei CUI, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11804888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Wenjing Ren, Ying Zhou, Dongru Li, Qimei Cui, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11711133
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes a processing circuit configured to: receive information about a number N of candidate transmit beams from a user device, where N is an integer greater than 1; select from the N candidate transmit beams a transmit beam for sending downlink information to the user device; and determine, on the basis of the selected transmit beam, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and send the TCI state to the user device. The electronic device, the wireless communication method and the computer readable storage medium enable a network-side device to notify the user device of the information about transmit beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Dongru Li, Wenjing Ren, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20220393750
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Dongru LI, Hang YANG, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11456795
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Xu, Wenjing Ren, Dongru Li, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20220278732
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processing circuit configured to: receive information about a number N of candidate transmit beams from a user device, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; select from the N candidate transmit beams a transmit beam for sending downlink information to the user device; and determine, on the basis of the selected transmit beam, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and send the TCI state to the user device. The electronic device, the wireless communication method and the computer readable storage medium enable a network-side device to notify the user device of the information about transmit beams. In this way, the user device can determine, according to the transmit beam of the network-side device, a proper receiving beam so as to improve the gain of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Dongru LI, Wenjing REN, Hang YANG, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20220167186
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine that a beam failure occurs in a downlink of an unlicensed frequency band and generate a beam failure recovery request; perform energy detection on a first channel of a selected candidate beam, so as to send the beam failure recovery request by means of the first channel when the energy detection indicates that the first channel is idle; start a first timer while enabling the energy detection; and in the case that the first timer expires but the energy detection does not indicate that the first channel is idle, reselect a candidate beam and perform energy detection on a first channel of the reselected candidate beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Ying ZHOU, Wenjing REN, Dongru LI, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20220014253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to carry out carrier aggregation communication with a base station by means of at least a first cell and a second cell. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control to send first information for beam failure recovery of the second cell to the base station by means of the first cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Ying ZHOU, Dongru LI, Qimei CUI, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210368490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a user equipment, an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. The user equipment according to the present invention comprises a processing circuit configured to: select G transmit beam groups from K transmit beams of a network side device; and sending information about the selected G transmit beam groups to the network side device, wherein each of the G transmit beam groups comprises N transmit beams, the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information that the network side device sends by using the N transmit beams, and K, N, G are all integers greater than 1. The use of the user equipment, the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention can improve beam selection process in a system that uses a beamforming technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Dongru LI, Wenjing REN, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210218457
    Abstract: An electronic device for wireless communication, a method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to: perform beam failure detection on a current service beam using a first beam quality index, and select a candidate beam from the other beams using the first beam quality index and a second quality index different from the first quality index, the candidate beam being used for beam recovery after beam failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Wenjing REN, Dongru LI, Hang YANG, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20200220605
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processing circuit configured to: receive information about a number N of candidate transmit beams from a user device, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; select from the N candidate transmit beams a transmit beam for sending downlink information to the user device; and determine, on the basis of the selected transmit beam, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and send the TCI state to the user device. The electronic device, the wireless communication method and the computer readable storage medium enable a network-side device to notify the user device of the information about transmit beams. In this way, the user device can determine, according to the transmit beam of the network-side device, a proper receiving beam so as to improve the gain of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jin XU, Dongru LI, Wenjing REN, Hang YANG, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO