Patents by Inventor Youping Zhao

Youping Zhao 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: 20220078625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spectrum management device, an electronic device, a radio communication method, and a storage medium. The spectrum management device according to the present invention is located in a coexistence system. The coexistence system comprises at least two radio access networks using different radio access technologies. The spectrum management device comprises a processing circuit, and is configured to: generate an interference overlapping graph for the coexistence system; and allocate spectrum resources for the at least two radio access networks according to the interference overlapping graph. By using the spectrum management device, the electronic device, the radio communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention, spectrum resources can be reasonably allocated to a secondary system in the coexistence system comprising multiple radio access technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Yu ZHAO, Mengting LIN, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20220078723
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to: determine the first power limiting region of the first primary user of a main system, wherein the first power limiting region is a three-dimensional space defined by the directional beams of the first primary user to the third primary user of the main system; and determine one or more secondary users in the first power limiting regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Cong LU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20220053505
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to acquire, from a frequency spectrum management device, a channel priority parameter for a specific channel, wherein the channel priority parameter is used for instructing a resource application system to use the specific channel as the priority level of an extended channel; and selecting the extended channel of the resource application system at least based on the channel priority parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Lu SHI, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20220022047
    Abstract: A frequency spectrum management apparatus in a coexistence system according to the present disclosure includes a processing circuit configured to determine a plurality of settlement solutions of interference overlapping images according to differences between an interference overlapping image determined by the frequency spectrum management apparatus and interference overlapping images determined by other frequency spectrum management apparatuses in the coexistence system, and to determine a final settlement solution based on the total system utility of the coexistence system and according to the plurality of settlement solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Cong LU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20210345352
    Abstract: The present invention 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 a first resource application system and a second application system which interfere with each other in management ranges of spectrum management apparatuses and respectively use different wireless access technologies; and determine, according to the interference situation between the first resource application system and the second resource application system, the width of a guard band between spectrum resources allocated for the first resource application system and the second resource application system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Yu ZHAO, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Patent number: 11140561
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to determine a collaborative access point set for users within a predetermined range by using a wireless network topology of a wireless network as a state, and to redetermine the collaborative access point set for the users in response to a change in the wireless network topology, wherein the wireless network topology comprises a user distribution and an access point distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Jingyun Wang, Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 11129169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio resource management system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Yiqi Hu, Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Publication number: 20210258957
    Abstract: An electronic device in accordance with the present application includes processing circuitry configured to obtain position information and waveform parameter information of a user equipment. The processing circuitry is further configured to set a waveform parameter according to the position information and the waveform parameter information of the user equipment, obtain spectrum resource information of another user equipment, and allocate a spectrum resource of another user equipment to the user equipment, so the user equipment uses the spectrum resource of another user equipment according to the set waveform parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Wei DING, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 11095405
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit used to determine, for each user, a cooperation range of the user on the basis of a statistical model indicating distribution of access points within a pre-determined range around the user and a communication quality requirement of the user; and a set of cooperative access points for the user determined on the basis of the cooperation range, wherein an access point in the set of cooperative access points is assigned to the user to perform cooperative transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Dongzhi Zhu, Chen Sun, Xin Guo, Kangyi Liu, Wei Ding
  • Publication number: 20210250783
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method used in wireless communications, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic apparatus comprising: a processing circuit configured to determine by dynamic means a partitioning solution for a virtual cell in a predetermined region, determination of the partitioning solution for the virtual cell comprising partitioning of a plurality of access points in the predetermined region to be one or more virtual cells, and designating each of the virtual cells to serve as master access points; and generating a message indicating the virtual cell partitioning solution so as to notify all of the designated master access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Dongzhi ZHU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20210227554
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine sub-system in specific region, and based on relative interference between the sub-systems and quality of service requirements for the sub-systems, clustering the sub-systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Yiteng WANG, Xin GUO, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 11064367
    Abstract: A spectrum access method and an apparatus utilizing the same. A spectrum management apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: determine location information and antenna angle information of each of at least one secondary apparatus; in response to a request for accessing an idle spectrum of a primary apparatus, determine, according to the location information and the antenna angle information of each of the at least one secondary apparatus, a secondary apparatus to grant access to the idle spectrum; and provide, to a serving base station of each of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, the location information and the antenna angle information of all of the secondary apparatuses having the access granted, to enable the serving base station to perform interference alignment precoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Qixin Tai, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11039450
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to: determine sub-system in specific region, and based on relative interference between the sub-systems and quality of service requirements for the sub-systems, clustering the sub-systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Yiteng Wang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11032720
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method used in wireless communications, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic apparatus comprising: a processing circuit configured to determine by dynamic means a partitioning solution for a virtual cell in a predetermined region, determination of the partitioning solution for the virtual cell comprising partitioning of a plurality of access points in the predetermined region to be one or more virtual cells, and designating each of the virtual cells to serve as master access points; and generating a message indicating the virtual cell partitioning solution so as to notify all of the designated master access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Dongzhi Zhu, Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 11026098
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: estimate the communication service modes for a user equipment within a target time segment on the basis of a time-variant multi-status model; and on the basis of the estimated communication service modes, to determine the size of a primary user protection area to be applied to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Kangyi Liu, Chen Sun, Xin Guo
  • Publication number: 20210143949
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit used to determine, for each user, a cooperation range of the user on the basis of a statistical model indicating distribution of access points within a pre-determined range around the user and a communication quality requirement of the user; and a set of cooperative access points for the user determined on the basis of the cooperation range, wherein an access point in the set of cooperative access points is assigned to the user to perform cooperative transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Dongzhi ZHU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO, Kangyi LIU, Wei DING
  • Publication number: 20210099891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: estimate the communication service modes for a user equipment within a target time segment on the basis of a time-variant multi-status model; and on the basis of the estimated communication service modes, to determine the size of a primary user protection area to be applied to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Kangyi LIU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Publication number: 20210051484
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device for wireless communication, a wireless communication method and a computer readable medium. According to an embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a parameter related to a behavior characteristic of a mobile access point. The processing circuitry is further configure to determine a spectrum allocation manner for the mobile access point based on the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youping ZHAO, Kangyi LIU, Chen SUN, Xin GUO
  • Patent number: 10904770
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for a spectrum management device are provided. The electronic apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire, for a predetermined primary system, an interference radiation map representing interference amounts of secondary systems at locations in a management region of the spectrum management device to the primary system; and determine an exclusion zone for the primary system based on the interference radiation map, where secondary systems in the exclusion zone cannot use a spectrum which is being used by the primary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Yiteng Wang, Xin Guo, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 10897714
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a wireless scene identification apparatus and method for performing identification on the scene category of a predetermined wireless scene, and a wireless communication device and system. The wireless scene identification apparatus comprises: a processing circuit, configured to classify, on the basis of features extracted from environment parameters in a predetermined wireless scene, wireless channel conditions of wireless signals in the predetermined wireless scene by means of a plurality of trained classifiers, and perform decision fusion on the classification results of the plurality of classifiers, so as to classify the wireless channel conditions as wireless channel conditions in the predetermined plurality of wireless channel conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Jingyun Wang, Chen Sun, Xin Guo