Patents by Inventor Yijian Chen

Yijian Chen 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: 20180316406
    Abstract: Disclosed are a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: a first receiving end determines a range of a data demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports occupied by one or more second receiving ends by using at least one of the following information: a usage state of a joint encoding table corresponding to a DMRS port group, the number of layers corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of the first receiving end, and the number of codewords corresponding to the PDSCH of the first receiving end; and the first receiving end processes data according to the range of the DMRS ports occupied by one or more second receiving ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shujuan ZHANG, Yu Ngok LI, Yuhong GONG, Wenhao LIU, Yijian CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180294849
    Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and system for acquiring a codebook, the method including: generating, by a base station, a codebook corresponding to Nt ports and r layers transmission according to a first preset condition, the codebook being for feeding back a preceding matrix, the first preset condition being a common set condition between the base station and a terminal, Nt being a port number, and r being a transmission layer number; determining, by the base station, a signaling indication method for selecting a codebook subset corresponding to the codebook according to a second preset condition; and acquiring, by the base station, Codebook Subset Selection (CSS) signaling for selecting the codebook subset correspondingly according to the signaling indication method, and notifying the selected codebook subset to a terminal through the CSS signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Yijian CHEN, Yu Ngok LI, Huahua XIAO, Jianxing CAI, Zhaohua LU, Yong LI, Yuxin WANG
  • Publication number: 20180287749
    Abstract: An information notification method, comprising: obtaining a plurality of parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising one or more types of CSI parameter used for indicating a channel state information (CSI) measurement and/or feedback; sending a parameter set within the plurality of parameter sets which corresponds to a CSI process to a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yijian CHEN, Yu Ngok LI, Huahua XIAO, Zhaohua LU, Jianxing CAI, Yong LI, Hao WU
  • Publication number: 20180287681
    Abstract: Information sending, information determining and relationship determining methods and devices are provided. According to the information sending method, a base station sends M parameter sets via high-layer signaling, wherein M>=1, M is a positive integer, each parameter set includes quasi-co-location Non-Zero Power (NZP) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) indication information, and the quasi-co-location NZP CSI-RS indication information is used by a terminal to acquire a large-scale characteristic of a channel; and when M>1, the base station indicates, via a physical-layer control signaling, parameter set selection information of a subframe on which the physical-layer control signaling is sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yijian CHEN, Yu Ngok LI, Jianxing CAI, Huahua XIAO, Yong LI, Yuxin WANG, Zhaohua LU, Hao WU
  • Publication number: 20180270032
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for configuring a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). The method comprises: a base station determines configuration information of a CSI-RS; the base station generates signaling comprising the configuration information of the CSI-RS; and the base station transmits the signaling comprising the configuration information of the CSI-RS. The configuration information comprises: a port quantity, pilot resource pattern information, and a multiplex mode between CSI-RS ports, when the port quantity is greater than 1, the CSI-RS has M candidate pilot resource patterns, where M is an integer greater than 1. The method and apparatus for configuring a CS I-RS disclosed in embodiments of the present invention can support transmission of a CSI-RS of which the port quantity is greater than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Li, YU Ngok Li, Yijian Chen, Huahua Xiao, Zhaohua Lu, Jianxing Cai, Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20180269937
    Abstract: Methods and devices for configuring or generating a channel acquisition signal are provided. According to the method for configuring a channel acquisition signal, a first communication node generates a configuration parameter for the channel acquisition signal, and sends the configuration parameter for the channel acquisition signal to a second communication node. The method may avoid the problems of overhead and pollution of the channel acquisition signals in a Large Scale Antenna System (LSAS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Zhaohua LU, Yijian CHEN, Guanghui YU, Ngok YU LI
  • Publication number: 20180212656
    Abstract: A method and device for feeding back Channel State Information (CSI) in a multi-input multi-output system are provided. In the method, User Equipment (UE) feeds back CSI comprising codebook index information to an evolved Node B (eNodeB). The codebook index information may include a first type of codebook index set I and a second type of codebook index set J, where a combination of the first type of index set I and the second type of index set J is used for indicating a precoding matrix U, and the precoding matrix U is an Nt×r matrix and is composed of at least Q×r basic vectors having a dimension of Nt/Q. The basic vectors are columns extracted from a matrix B composed of M columns of Nt/Q-dimensional vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jing ZHAO, Yijian CHEN, Yu Ngok LI, Jian LI, Huahua XIAO
  • Patent number: 10020853
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a downlink pilot signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes: a receiving end detecting downlink measurement pilot ports to obtain a received signal corresponding to each downlink measurement pilot port on each receiving antenna; performing screening on the downlink measurement pilot ports according to the received signals; calculating a receiving weight vector of each downlink measurement pilot port, and using an uplink precoding weight vector, calculated and obtained by combining the receiving weight vector with uplink and downlink operating frequencies, for data precoding; or, using N uplink precoding weight vectors, calculated and obtained by combining the receiving weight vector with uplink and downlink operating frequencies, for uplink pilot precoding, where N is the number of uplink precoding pilots transmitted, and N is an integer which is greater than or equal to 1. The above technical solution can effectively reduce pilot overhead in communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Zhaohua Lu, Jing Zhao, Yuxin Wang
  • Publication number: 20180167174
    Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-carrier frequency cooperation method and device. According to the method, description information of a second carrier frequency is determined and a communication node sends the description information of the second carrier frequency to a second communication node via a first carrier frequency. The description information of the second carrier frequency includes one of: sending beam information of the second carrier frequency, pilot information of the second carrier frequency, control channel information of the second carrier frequency, data channel information of the second carrier frequency, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) timing information of the second carrier frequency and working time information of the second communication node on the second carrier frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Zhaohua Lu, Yijian Chen, Huahua Xiao, Xianming Chen, Jing Zhao, Yuxin Wang, Bo Dai
  • Publication number: 20180145735
    Abstract: A method and device for configuring channel information are provided. The method includes: a base station configures Q Channel State Information (CSI) measurement threads for a CSI process, wherein Q is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and the base station configures P1 channel measurement reference signals and P2 interference measurement resources for the Q CSI measurement threads, wherein the P1 channel measurement reference signals are used to perform channel measurement on the Q CSI measurement threads, and the P2 interference measurement resources are used to perform interference measurement on the Q CSI measurement threads, P1 and P2 being integers greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yijian CHEN, YU Ngok LI, Huahua XIAO, Jian LI, Zhaohua LU, Yuxin WANG, Jing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20180123772
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining the quantity of channel quality indicators (CQI). The method comprises: a terminal determining the quantity of layers or the quantity of CQIs to be fed back according to at least one piece of the following pieces of information: the quantity of ports of a channel state information referenced signal (CSI-RS), the quantity of ports of a downlink demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and a configuration signalling of a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yuxin Wang, Yijian Chen, Yu Ngok Li
  • Patent number: 9941942
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for processing Channel State Information (CSI), User Equipment (UE) and an Evolved Node B (eNodeB). The method includes: storing one or more sets of precoding codebook models the same as those of an eNodeB; determining a precoding codebook model for feeding back CSI; and sending the CSI to the eNodeB by adopting the determined precoding codebook model. By the solution, the problems of difficulty in code word selection and increase of link overhead during application of a codebook-based CSI feedback manner to massive Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) in the related technology is solved, and the effect of reducing codebook transmission overhead is further achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jing Zhao, Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, Huahua Xiao, Zhaohua Lu
  • Patent number: 9942888
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a sending method and apparatus for enhanced physical downlink control channel. The method comprises: a start position of the ePDCCH in a subframe is determined according to a high-level signaling and/or preset rule; and a pilot signal for ePDCCH and data carried on the ePDCCH are sent. By applying the present disclosure, the interference between the ePDCCH and the downlink control channel is reduced, and the efficiency of downlink transmission is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 9907061
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present document relate to an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) transmitting and receiving method and device, base station and user equipment. The method includes: a base station determining a candidate enhanced Control Channel Element (eCCE) index for transmitting an ePDCCH in an ePDCCH resource set; the base station determining an enhanced Resource Element Group (eREG) index mapped by the candidate eCCE index for transmitting the ePDCCH; and the base station sending the ePDCCH to a terminal according to a determined result, wherein, an eCCE is a discretely mapped eCCE (D-eCCE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 9900873
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting parameters and a method and device for generating parameters. The method for transmitting parameters comprises: a transmission node determines a first set of parameters for the transmission node to generate at least one user equipment specific reference signal; and the transmission node sends the first set of parameters to one or more transmission nodes adjacent to the transmission node. Through the disclosure, interference between user equipment specific reference signals of transmission nodes is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Jun Xu, Yu Ngok Li, Bo Dai, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9883497
    Abstract: A control signaling transmission method, a control signaling detection method, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The transmission method includes: a base station determining an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) resource region of the terminal in a current subframe according to at least one of multiple parameters, and transmitting control signaling to the terminal on some or all of the resources in the ePDCCH resource region. The above technical scheme can adapt to the dynamically-changing transmission capabilities of subframes, improves the transmission performance of the control signaling on an ePDCCH, increases the accuracy of the terminal in searching for the control signaling, and conserves terminal consumption. Therefore, the present document has a great industrial applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo, Jun Xu
  • Publication number: 20180007711
    Abstract: A method for sending and detecting downlink control information, a sending end and a receiving end are described, the method for detecting the downlink control information may include: a User Equipment (UE)-specific search space of an enhance Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) bearing downlink control information is determined according to a preset interval; wherein the preset interval is determined according to a number of candidate positions of one component carrier at a corresponding aggregation level in a corresponding resource set, or the preset interval is determined according to the number of the candidate positions of one component carrier at the corresponding aggregation level in the corresponding resource set, and a number of scheduled component carriers, or the preset interval is determined according to the number of the candidate positions of one component carrier at the corresponding aggregation level in the corresponding resource set, and a number of configured component carriers; and th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20170373818
    Abstract: Provided are a method, a micro base station, and a macro base station for adjusting a communication mode, the method including: a first communication node sending duplex mode adjustment information to a second communication node, herein the second communication node at least supports a full-duplex mode. According to the technical solution provided by the present disclosure, by sending the duplex mode adjustment information to the second communication node, the influence on the system flexibility for a reason that the second communication node enables a full-duplex mode at all times is avoided, the power consumption caused by the full-duplex mode to the second communication node is reduced and the burden of subordinate terminals of the second communication node is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Zhaohua LU, Yijian CHEN, Guanghui YU, Yu Ngok LI
  • Publication number: 20170366243
    Abstract: A signaling transmission method and apparatus for a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output MIMO system are provided. The method includes the following steps. Channel-Related Information CRI about a combined channel is formed according to CRI between all receiving antenna ports in a receiving network and a sending antenna port in a sending network. The CRI about the combined channel is sent to the sending network. Herein, the CRI includes one or more of the following: channel information, Channel State Information CSI, and a CSI Reference Signal CSI-RS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Huahua XIAO, Yu Ngok LI, Jian LI, Yijian CHEN, Peng HAO, Jun XU
  • Patent number: 9820299
    Abstract: A method for sending and detecting downlink control information, a sending end and a receiving end are described, the method for detecting the downlink control information may include: a User Equipment (UE)-specific search space of an enhance Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) bearing downlink control information is determined according to a preset interval; wherein the preset interval is determined according to a number of candidate positions of one component carrier at a corresponding aggregation level in a corresponding resource set, or the preset interval is determined according to the number of the candidate positions of one component carrier at the corresponding aggregation level in the corresponding resource set, and a number of scheduled component carriers, or the preset interval is determined according to the number of the candidate positions of one component carrier at the corresponding aggregation level in the corresponding resource set, and a number of configured component carriers; and th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Zhisong Zuo