Patents by Inventor Yingni Zhang

Yingni Zhang 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: 20210321393
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
  • Patent number: 11076393
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yingni Zhang, Liang Zeng, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 10820308
    Abstract: A communications system includes a base station device and a terminal device. The base station device configures an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH), comprising: circuitry, configured to determine ePDCCH position indication information adapted to indicate a position of the ePDCCH in a terminal device search space based on configuration of Demodulation Reference Signal, wherein ePDCCH comprises control information of the terminal device and is aggregated by a number of enhanced control channel elements, each enhanced control channel element consisting of a set of resource elements; and generate a signaling comprising the ePDCCH position indication information for the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Jiang Han, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200260434
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
  • Patent number: 10674492
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yingni Zhang, Liang Zeng, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 10455596
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, communication system and communication method. The related communication apparatus is used for aggregating, at a base station side, communication resources at different frequencies and/or different transmission time, wherein a scheduling resource among the aggregated communication resources is used for transmitting control information about the scheduling resource and scheduled resources. The communication apparatus includes: a grouping unit configured to divide the communication resources into groups based on characteristics of the communication resources, wherein the same group of the communication resource is indicated by the same piece of control information; and a sending unit configured to send the control information to a corresponding communication terminal side by the scheduling resource. The communication apparatus, communication system and communication method improve communication performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Liang Zeng, Jiang Han, Yingni Zhang, Ningyu Chen
  • Publication number: 20190274123
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and device in a wireless communication system, the communication method comprising: a base station in the communication system determines, according to the current system configuration of the communication system, the category of an enhanced control channel element configuration in an enhanced physical downlink control channel, the enhanced control channel element configuration comprising the number of resource elements in each enhanced control channel element, and the number of enhanced control channel elements in each physical resource block pair, and the enhanced control channel element configuration is classified into a plurality of categories respectively corresponding to the different system configurations of the communication system; and notifying a terminal node in the communication system of the information related to the determined category of the enhanced control channel element configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Yingni ZHANG, Hui WANG, Xiaona LI
  • Publication number: 20190200346
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
  • Patent number: 10278162
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled or load distributed by other small cells and to be borne by the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Jiahui Liu, Yingni Zhang, Liang Zeng, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 9723613
    Abstract: A carrier allocating apparatus including processing circuitry and a method and terminal, where the processing circuitry is configured to: determine a carrier parameter according to parameter information of the terminal, where the carrier parameter is configured to indicate a carrier needed by the terminal, and the carrier parameter includes a carrier type, the carrier type includes a Legacy Carrier Type (LCT) and a New Carrier Type (NCT), where the parameter information of the terminal includes a current carrier configuration of the terminal and a service type; perform a corresponding carrier allocation on the basis of the determined carrier parameter. A demand for a carrier is determined according to parameter information of the terminal, and then the needed carrier is allocated to the terminal. The apparatus can improve quality of service of the terminal in a system and improve user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Ningyu Chen, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang, Jiahui Liu
  • Patent number: 9693279
    Abstract: An electronic device, and a method and computer readable medium, for use of subsets of coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission cells. The device includes processing circuitry configured to select a plurality of transmission cells as the subset of the CoMP set of transmission cells used to support wireless communications with a user equipment (UE). The processing circuitry selects the plurality of transmission cells based on a message from the UE that includes aggregate channel quality information (CQI) for at least two communication channels between the UE and corresponding transmission cells of the plurality of transmission cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Yingni Zhang, Xiaona Li, Shiyuan Li
  • Publication number: 20170013670
    Abstract: A device and method controlling working state change of a small cell and a base station including the device. The device includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires interference between a small cell to be controlled and an adjacent small cell and/or load of the small cell to be controlled or load distributed by other small cells and to be borne by the small cell to be controlled; and a state change determination unit that determines working state change to be performed by the small cell to be controlled according to the acquired interference and/or load. The working state includes multiple sleep levels from low to high. A sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a low sleep level is less than a sleep degree of the small cell to be controlled in a high sleep level, the working state change being performed among multiple sleep levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Jiahui LIU, Yingni ZHANG, Liang ZENG, Zhongbin QIN
  • Publication number: 20160135187
    Abstract: A carrier allocating apparatus including processing circuitry and a method and terminal, where the processing circuitry is configured to: determine a carrier parameter according to parameter information of the terminal, where the carrier parameter is configured to indicate a carrier needed by the terminal, and the carrier parameter includes a carrier type, the carrier type includes a Legacy Carrier Type (LCT) and a New Carrier Type (NCT), where the parameter information of the terminal includes a current carrier configuration of the terminal and a service type; perform a corresponding carrier allocation on the basis of the determined carrier parameter. A demand for a carrier is determined according to parameter information of the terminal, and then the needed carrier is allocated to the terminal. The apparatus can improve quality of service of the terminal in a system and improve user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Ningyu CHEN, Liang ZHENG, Yingni ZHANG, Jiahui LIU
  • Patent number: 9301271
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of LTE-A, and discloses a method for air interface synchronization between base stations. A base station to be synchronized, which simultaneously monitors a plurality of neighboring base stations, can select one neighboring base station to perform time-service synchronization in accordance with different criteria in order, such as whether CoMP is necessary, the time-service hop count, time-service delay, and the CQI level (channel quality indicator) and the like. That is, the most suitable synchronization source is determined according to a certain priority order. Such solution both applies to a phase of initial establishment of air interface self-synchronization between base stations, and also to a phase of periodic synchronization maintenance. In addition, the technical effect of such solution is particularly prominent in the case of intensively arranged Small Cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Wuxi BUPT Sensing Technology and Business Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Xiaofeng Tao, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang, Ningyu Chen
  • Publication number: 20160073421
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, communication system and communication method. The related communication apparatus is used for aggregating, at a base station side, communication resources at different frequencies and/or different transmission time, wherein a scheduling resource among the aggregated communication resources is used for transmitting control information about the scheduling resource and scheduled resources. The communication apparatus includes: a grouping unit configured to divide the communication resources into groups based on characteristics of the communication resources, wherein the same group of the communication resource is indicated by the same piece of control information; and a sending unit configured to send the control information to a corresponding communication terminal side by the scheduling resource. The communication apparatus, communication system and communication method improve communication performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei CUI, Liang ZENG, Jiang HAN, Yingni ZHANG, Ningyu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150282128
    Abstract: A communications system includes a base station device and a terminal device. The base station device configures an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH), comprising: circuitry, configured to determine ePDCCH position indication information adapted to indicate a position of the ePDCCH in a terminal device search space based on configuration of Demodulation Reference Signal, wherein ePDCCH comprises control information of the terminal device and is aggregated by a number of enhanced control channel elements, each enhanced control channel element consisting of a set of resource elements; and generate a signaling comprising the ePDCCH position indication information for the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Jiang Han, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150098405
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and device in a wireless communication system, the communication method comprising: a base station in the communication system determines, according to the current system configuration of the communication system, the category of an enhanced control channel element configuration in an enhanced physical downlink control channel, the enhanced control channel element configuration comprising the number of resource elements in each enhanced control channel element, and the number of enhanced control channel elements in each physical resource block pair, and the enhanced control channel element configuration is classified into a plurality of categories respectively corresponding to the different system configurations of the communication system; and notifying a terminal node in the communication system of the information related to the determined category of the enhanced control channel element configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Yingni Zhang, Hui Wang, Xiaona Li
  • Publication number: 20150055645
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of LTE-A, and discloses a method for air interface synchronization between base stations. A base station to be synchronized, which simultaneously monitors a plurality of neighboring base stations, can select one neighboring base station to perform time-service synchronization in accordance with different criteria in order, such as whether CoMP is necessary, the time-service hop count, time-service delay, and the CQI level (channel quality indicator) and the like. That is, the most suitable synchronization source is determined according to a certain priority order. Such solution both applies to a phase of initial establishment of air interface self-synchronization between base stations, and also to a phase of periodic synchronization maintenance. In addition, the technical effect of such solution is particularly prominent in the case of intensively arranged Small Cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Xiaofeng Tao, Liang Zeng, Yingni Zhang, Ningyu Chen
  • Publication number: 20150016425
    Abstract: An electronic device, and a method and computer readable medium, for use of subsets of coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission cells. The device includes processing circuitry configured to select a plurality of transmission cells as the subset of the CoMP set of transmission cells used to support wireless communications with a user equipment (UE). The processing circuitry selects the plurality of transmission cells based on a message from the UE that includes aggregate channel quality information (CQI) for at least two communication channels between the UE and corresponding transmission cells of the plurality of transmission cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Yingni Zhang, Xiaona Li, Shiyuan Li