Patents by Inventor Xinxian Li

Xinxian Li 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: 10979194
    Abstract: A resource indication method, a user equipment and a network device is disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes receiving, by user equipment, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises allocation information of frequency domain resources of a plurality of first system parameters and transmitting, by the user equipment, information corresponding to a physical channel and/or information corresponding to a physical signal on at least one resource element in a time-frequency resource corresponding to a frequency domain resource of at least one of the plurality of first system parameters, wherein the first system parameter comprises a first subcarrier spacing size, a cyclic prefix length, a transmission time interval length, a symbol length, or a symbol quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junchao Li, Ning Wu, Hao Tang, Xinxian Li, Zhongfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20210084619
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for communications are provided. In the methods, a network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information indicates a first bandwidth part (BWP) that is to be activated, other than a primary BWP, to the terminal device, and the primary BWP is a BWP that remains activated between the terminal device and the network device. The network device communicates with the terminal device in an activated first BWP and the primary BWP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Xinxian LI, Hao TANG, Zhenfei TANG
  • Patent number: 10925017
    Abstract: A method is based on data transmission in a multi-parameter system, where a plurality of parameters include a subcarrier spacing. The method includes: sending, by the multi-parameter system, data over a physical channel or a physical signal by using at least one subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning Wu, Zhongfeng Li, Xinxian Li, Yi Qin
  • Patent number: 10892878
    Abstract: A reference signal sending method and apparatus, and a reference signal receiving method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a network device, a first configuration of a first reference signal and a second configuration of a second reference signal, where the first configuration includes a first subcarrier spacing, and the second configuration includes a second subcarrier spacing; and sending, by the network device on a first subband, the first reference signal meeting the first configuration, and sending, on a second subband, the second reference signal meeting the second configuration, where a parameter configuration of the first subband is different from a parameter configuration of the second subband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxian Li, Ning Wu, Hao Tang, Yi Qin
  • Publication number: 20200374875
    Abstract: This application provides a communications method, apparatus, and system. The communications method includes: obtaining first indication information and format information; and determining, based on a transmission direction that is of a sub-time unit in a time unit and that is indicated by the first indication information and a transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit and that is indicated by the format information, whether the time unit is an aggregation time unit. It is determined, based on the transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit in the time unit and that is configured in the first indication information and the transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit and that is configured in the format information, whether the time unit is an aggregation time unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hua LI, Hao TANG, Yongzhao CAO, Xinxian LI
  • Publication number: 20200374077
    Abstract: A method for determining a slot format and a device are disclosed, to determine an ECP slot format. The method for determining a slot format includes: obtaining first indication information, where the first indication information includes indication information of a slot format a, the slot format a is one of slot formats of a first-type slot, the first-type slot includes N symbols, and N is 14; and determining a slot format b of 2(?-?a) consecutive second-type slots based on a subcarrier spacing ?a applicable to the first indication information, a subcarrier spacing ? applicable to the second-type slot, and the indication information of the slot format a, where the second-type slot includes M symbols, and N is not equal to M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yafei Wang, Xinxian Li, Hao Tang, Zhang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10834728
    Abstract: A method for indicating quasi co-location indication information and a device are provided, to diversify reference signal types and reference signal configuration information that are indicated by QCL. The method includes: generating, by a base station, reference signal configuration information; performing, by the base station based on the reference signal configuration information, quasi co-location QCL assumption on reference signals corresponding to at least two antenna ports in reference signals, to generate QCL indication information; and sending, by the base station, the QCL indication information to a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongfeng Li, Xinxian Li, Ning Wu, Yi Qin, Yu Sun
  • Publication number: 20200344732
    Abstract: This application discloses a resource configuration method, an apparatus, and a system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving PDCCH signaling; switching to a target uplink BWP; and sending a preamble sequence by using a PRACH resource included in the target uplink BWP, where the PDCCH signaling is used to trigger a random access procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Xinxian Li, Hao Tang, Hua Li, Yongzhao Cao
  • Publication number: 20200120675
    Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, indication information to a terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with a first BP; and performing signal transmission, by the network device, with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP. It may be learned that the network device indicates, to the terminal by using the indication information, the at least one second BP associated with the first BP, so that the network device and the terminal can transmit signals on BPs that are associated with each other. In addition, there may be a plurality of second BPs associated with the first BP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Xinxian Li, Hao Tang, Zhenfei Tang, Fan Wang
  • Publication number: 20200076564
    Abstract: A method, system, and device to obtain a basic subcarrier spacing, or a channel bandwidth, or a maximum transmission bandwidth, or a usable subcarrier spacing set via a predefined mapping rule is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a network component to determine a system numerology includes determining, by the network component, one or more subcarrier spacing options from a candidate subcarrier spacing set that is associated with a carrier frequency band. The method also includes transmitting, by the network component, a signal indicating to one or more UEs one or more subcarrier spacing options from the candidate subcarrier spacing set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Liqing Zhang, Hao Tang, Xinxian Li, Zhenfei Tang
  • Publication number: 20200068444
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a bandwidth indication method and apparatus, to provide a solution of indicating, by a base station, an allocated bandwidth part to a terminal when the terminal does not know a carrier bandwidth. The method is: determining, by the base station, a virtual bandwidth allocated to the terminal, where the virtual bandwidth is a part of a carrier bandwidth, and a bandwidth allocated to the terminal falls within the virtual bandwidth; and sending, by the base station, position information of the virtual bandwidth to the terminal, where the position information is used to indicate a position of the virtual bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: XINXIAN LI, HAO TANG, ZHENFEI TANG, FAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20200067688
    Abstract: A resource indication method, a device, and a system relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: allocating, by a base station, a BP to a terminal device, and sending, to the terminal device, a first message indicating a resource position of the BP; and receiving, by the terminal device, the first message sent by the base station, and then determining the resource position of the BP based on resource position information of at least one sub-BP, where the BP includes the at least one sub-BP, the BP is not greater than a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal device, and the first message includes the resource position information of the at least one sub-BP. The BP is allocated by using a sub-BP as a granularity, so that signaling overheads can be reduced while a requirement for more flexible resource allocation is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hua LI, Xinxian LI, Hao TANG, Zhenfei TANG, Fan WANG
  • Publication number: 20200021420
    Abstract: This application discloses a resource configuration method, a method for determining a bandwidth part, a method for indicating a bandwidth part, and a device. The method for indicating a bandwidth part includes: determining, by a base station, the bandwidth part based on a mapping relationship between a first carrier bandwidth and a first bandwidth part set and/or a mapping relationship between a capability bandwidth of a terminal device and a second bandwidth part set, where the first bandwidth part set includes a plurality of bandwidth parts, the first bandwidth part set includes the bandwidth part, the second bandwidth part set includes a plurality of bandwidth parts, and the second bandwidth part set includes the bandwidth part; and indicating, by the base station, the bandwidth part to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Xinxian LI, Wenwen HUANG, Hao TANG, Zhenfei TANG, Zhongfeng LI, Guohua ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10476651
    Abstract: A method, system, and device to obtain a basic subcarrier spacing, or a channel bandwidth, or a maximum transmission bandwidth, or a usable subcarrier spacing set via a predefined mapping rule is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a network component to determine a system numerology includes determining, by the network component, one or more subcarrier spacing options from a candidate subcarrier spacing set that is associated with a carrier frequency band. The method also includes transmitting, by the network component, a signal indicating to one or more UEs one or more subcarrier spacing options from the candidate subcarrier spacing set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liqing Zhang, Hao Tang, Xinxian Li, Zhenfei Tang
  • Publication number: 20190334680
    Abstract: A resource indication method, a user equipment and a network device is disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes receiving, by user equipment, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises allocation information of frequency domain resources of a plurality of first system parameters and transmitting, by the user equipment, information corresponding to a physical channel and/or information corresponding to a physical signal on at least one resource element in a time-frequency resource corresponding to a frequency domain resource of at least one of the plurality of first system parameters, wherein the first system parameter comprises a first subcarrier spacing size, a cyclic prefix length, a transmission time interval length, a symbol length, or a symbol quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Junchao Li, Ning Wu, Hao Tang, Xinxian Li, Zhongfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20190327065
    Abstract: A reference signal sending method and apparatus, and a reference signal receiving method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a network device, a first configuration of a first reference signal and a second configuration of a second reference signal, where the first configuration includes a first subcarrier spacing, and the second configuration includes a second subcarrier spacing; and sending, by the network device on a first subband, the first reference signal meeting the first configuration, and sending, on a second subband, the second reference signal meeting the second configuration, where a parameter configuration of the first subband is different from a parameter configuration of the second subband.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Xinxian LI, Ning WU, Hao TANG, Yi QIN
  • Publication number: 20190230646
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for indicating quasi co-location indication information and a device, to diversify reference signal types and reference signal configuration information that are indicated by QCL. The method includes: generating, by a base station, reference signal configuration information; performing, by the base station based on the reference signal configuration information, quasi co-location QCL assumption on reference signals corresponding to at least two antenna ports in reference signals, to generate QCL indication information; and sending, by the base station, the QCL indication information to a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zhongfeng LI, Xinxian LI, Ning WU, Yi QIN, Yu SUN
  • Publication number: 20190166569
    Abstract: A method is based on data transmission in a multi-parameter system, where a plurality of parameters include a subcarrier spacing. The method includes: sending, by the multi-parameter system, data over a physical channel or a physical signal by using at least one subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ning Wu, Zhongfeng Li, Xinxian Li, Yi Qin
  • Publication number: 20190140880
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a communications apparatus, and a communications system, to determine a physical resource block (PRB) grid when a center frequency of a synchronization signal (SS) is inconsistent with a center frequency of a carrier. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, an SS from a network device; determining, by the terminal, a first PRB grid based on the SS; receiving, by the terminal, first indication information from the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a first frequency offset between the first PRB grid and a second PRB grid; and determining, by the terminal, the second PRB grid based on the first PRB grid and the first frequency offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Xinxian Li, Hao Tang, Zhenfei Tang, Junchao Li
  • Publication number: 20180234227
    Abstract: A method, system, and device to obtain a basic subcarrier spacing, or a channel bandwidth, or a maximum transmission bandwidth, or a usable subcarrier spacing set via a predefined mapping rule is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a network component to determine a system numerology includes determining, by the network component, one or more subcarrier spacing options from a candidate subcarrier spacing set that is associated with a carrier frequency band. The method also includes transmitting, by the network component, a signal indicating to one or more UEs one or more subcarrier spacing options from the candidate subcarrier spacing set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Liqing Zhang, Hao Tang, Xinxian Li, Zhenfei Tang