Patents by Inventor Xiaowan KE

Xiaowan KE 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: 11589262
    Abstract: A pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system is provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The method for operating a primary base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a secondary base station, an addition request message. The addition request message carries information of a secondary cell group (SCG) split bearer. The method further includes receiving, from the secondary base station, a response message of the addition request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11589282
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Gert Jan Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 11582824
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a user equipment (UE) context and a UE connection, which includes: a first node obtains resume requirement information of a UE; the first node determines whether to resume the UE context, and/or, the UE connection, based on the resume requirement information of the UE. The present disclosure also provides a device for controlling UE context and UE connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Hong Wang, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11570667
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for implementing service, a network unit and a terminal. The method for implementing service, operable by a terminal, includes: obtaining indication information for an operation from a first network to a second network; determining an operation for the related service, according to the indication information for the operation from the first network to the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Publication number: 20230017260
    Abstract: An access control method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: sending first information and/or first indication information to a first target end, where the first information includes at least one of the following: index information of a second authentication server, vendor-related information of the first communications device, and address-related information of the second authentication server; and the first indication information is used for requesting to obtain a credential related to a first network, or used to indicate that an access type is a restricted service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20230020344
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a device interaction method and a core network device. The method includes: receiving, by a first core network device, identifier information of at least one UE sent by a first device, where the at least one UE includes at least one of the following: a UE that has established UE-to-network relay connection with a first UE and a UE that is to establish UE-to-network relay connection with the first UE; and interacting, by the first core network device based on identifier information of a second UE, with a second core network device, where the second UE is any one of the at least one UE; where the first core network device is a core network device serving the first UE, and the second core network device is a core network device serving the second UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Wen WANG, Zhenhua XIE, Yanxia ZHANG, Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20230012926
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a state indication method, a device, and a system. The method comprises: a relay core network device receives first state indication information sent by a first device, the first state indication information comprising at least one of first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information instructing a relay UE to perform UE-to-network relay communication, the second indication information instructing the relay UE to perform UE-to-network relay communication for an emergency service, and the first state indication information being used for determining not to initiate a NAS signaling connection release process of the relay UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen WANG, Zhenhua XIE, Xiaowan KE, Yanxia ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11558916
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of establishing dual-connectivity to transmit data are disclosed. A PCell of the UE carries out a mapping function and realizes a PDCP layer, a RLC layer, a MAC layer and a physical layer, and a SCell of the UE carries out quality packet data to data radio bearer mapping and realizes a PDCP layer, a MAC layer and a physical layer, in which a core network transmits data of the UE to the PCell, the PCell maps a QoS Flow of the data of the UE which is quality packet data to a data radio bearer on a mapping layer, performs path split, transmits data of respective paths to the UE through the PCell and SCell of the UE, and the UE regroups the data of the respective paths on the PDCP layer, and transmits the regrouped data to an application layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Lixiang Xu, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 11558789
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for controlling Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) aggregation and an associated equipment. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring, by a first radio access network node, WLAN information about a User Equipment (UE); and, controlling, by the first radio access network node, WLAN aggregation for the UE according to the acquired WLAN information. A second radio access network node decides whether to maintain a WT and/or whether to establish WLAN aggregation for the UE when the UE moves to a first radio access network; and, the second radio access network node transmits information about whether to maintain the WT and/or indication information about whether to establish the WLAN aggregation for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11553331
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a capability indication method, a terminal, and a network-side network element. The capability indication method includes: obtaining first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: first indication information of a terminal capability, and terminal capability information mapped to the first indication information; and sending second indication information of the terminal capability based on the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11546811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for performing access for a UE. In addition, the present disclosure discloses a data forwarding method and a data forwarding equipment, user equipment and base station. By the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, a UE may help a base station to forward data of other UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Weiwei Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang, Xiaoning Ma
  • Publication number: 20220417733
    Abstract: Provided are a capability management method and a communication device. The method is applied in a first communications device, and comprises: receiving information of a request for a terminal capability, the information containing first indication information indicating a requested terminal capability; and transmitting first related information associated with the terminal capability according to the first indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20220417815
    Abstract: A service indication method includes: acquiring service indication information, the service indication information including at least one of support information about a service and preference information about the service, the service including at least one of an emergency service and a voice service; and performing a relevant operation on the service in accordance with the acquired service indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowan KE, Li HUANG
  • Patent number: 11523446
    Abstract: A method and a device for reporting an identity are provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: when determining that the number of bits of a temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI) is greater than M, selecting M bits from the bits of the S-TMSI, M being a predetermined positive integer; and transmitting a first message 3 (MSG 3) to a network device, where the first MSG 3 carries the M bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Xiaodong Yang, Xiaowan Ke
  • Publication number: 20220376885
    Abstract: An information control method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: obtaining first information; and executing at least one of the following operations: determining a first delay according to the first information; determining a second delay according to the first information; determining delay requirement information according to the first information; sending the delay requirement information to a network element in a communications network; sending bridge delay information to a third-party network or a third-party application; executing a first operation when it is determined that a first condition is met; and executing a second operation when it is determined that a second condition is met, where the first information includes at least one of the following: first time information, second time information, clock information of a first clock, and clock information of a second clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20220377507
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for mode switching and a device. The method includes: invoking a mode switch operation towards a second network function, where a parameter of the mode switch operation includes first information, and the first information includes a mode switch command; and the mode switch command is used to notify a target party to perform a mode switch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenhua XIE, Xiaowan KE
  • Patent number: 11503100
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for supporting quality of service of time-sensitive communication and a communication device. The method includes: obtaining first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: transfer configuration information of a time-sensitive data stream, or bridge capability information; and performing a first operation according to the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Yanxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11490358
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for supporting paging of a low complexity UE, including: determining, by a target base station during handover of a UE, whether a source base station during the handover supports low complexity UE, and transmitting paging capability information of the UE to a Mobility Management Entity MME in response to determining that the source base station does not support low complexity UE, wherein the paging capability information of the UE is used by the MME for paging the UE. The method provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is able to enhance paging with respect to the low complexity UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11477834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for WLAN aggregation control, comprising: receiving, by a base station, WLAN information of a UE, said WLAN information of the UE comprises one or more of the following: user preference information, WLAN information of a WLAN node with which the UE is being associated, WLAN information of a WLAN node reselected by the UE, de-association information of the UE with a WLAN node, WLAN enabling information of the UE, and WLAN disabling information of the UE; and determining, by the base station, whether WLAN aggregation is to be established or deleted for the UE according to the received WLAN information of the UE. With the present application, WLAN aggregation can be reasonably controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11477703
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for performing access for a UE. In addition, the present disclosure discloses a data forwarding method and a data forwarding equipment, user equipment and base station. By the technical solutions disclosed in the present disclosure, a UE may help a base station to forward data of other UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Weiwei Wang, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang, Xiaoning Ma