Patents by Inventor Youxiong LU

Youxiong LU 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: 20210400632
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuration of sidelink channel resource units for sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jin YANG, Youxiong LU
  • Publication number: 20210400609
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for determining a reference timing, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method comprises: a second node determining a reference timing of the second node by using at least one of the following modes: an open-loop mode, a closed-loop mode and an external synchronization source mode. By means of the present disclosure, the problem in the related art that there is no technical solution for setting a reference timing between each-hop links yet exists is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Feng BI, Weimin XING, Wenfeng ZHANG, Youxiong LU, Wenhao LIU, Ting MIAO, Meng MEI
  • Publication number: 20210352710
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for resource indication and selection schemes in wireless communication are described. In one aspect, a wireless communication method is provided to include: performing, by a first device, a first communication of a resource pre-occupation information (RPI) with a second device using a dedicated resource pre-occupied channel or control channel, and wherein when a pre-occupied resource is transmitted at a time ‘n,’ the first communication is performed i) before a time ‘n-X,’ wherein X is an integer not less than 0, or ii) during a time window ending before the time ‘n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Jin YANG
  • Publication number: 20210345273
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transmission timing determination method, a transmission timing determination device, and a computer-readable storage medium. First timing adjustment information issued by a first node is received, and a first transmission timing of a second node is adjusted according to the first timing adjustment information, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) timing is used as the first transmission timing; and an adjustment manner of the first transmission timing is determined according to synchronization type indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weimin XING, Youxiong LU, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20210345324
    Abstract: Provided are a configuration method and apparatus for a frame structure, and a storage medium. The configuration method for the frame structure includes: receiving, by a first node, frame structure parameters configured by a second node, wherein each frame structure parameter comprises: a period and a type of a frame structure, and the frame structure parameters comprise a common frame structure parameter, a first dedicated frame structure parameter and a second dedicated frame structure parameter; obtaining, by the first node, an uplink/downlink division of the frame structure according to the common frame structure parameter and/or the first dedicated frame structure parameter, and determining, according to the second dedicated frame structure parameter by the first node, the frame structure for uplink transmission of a backhaul link and the frame structure for downlink transmission of the backhaul link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Wenhao LIU, Youxiong LU, Ting MIAO, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20210329633
    Abstract: A sidelink resource configuration method includes: configuring or pre-configuring a sidelink resource pool for a user equipment (UE) to perform sidelink communications using a resource in the sidelink resource pool; where the sidelink resource pool uses a second time slot as granularity and includes resource blocks; and where a length of the second time slot is determined according to a second time-frequency parameter for defining the sidelink resource pool, the second time slot is determined by mapping from a first time slot included in a set of alternative resources according to a conversion relationship between the second time-frequency parameter and a first time-frequency parameter used by the set of alternative resources, and a length of the first time slot is determined according to the first time-frequency parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Weimin XING, Youxiong LU
  • Patent number: 11153851
    Abstract: A communication method, comprising: transmitting from a base station to a mobile station a first message which includes resource information corresponding to one or more resource pools, wherein the resource information identifies at least one sub-frame and at least one resource block within the at least one sub-frame, transmitting to the mobile station an indicator of one or more designated resource pools and designated resources from within the one or more designated resource pools such that the mobile station is permitted to communicate with a wireless device in communication with the mobile station via a wireless link using the one or more designated resources within the one or more designated resource pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Youxiong Lu, Jin Yang, Shuanghong Huang
  • Publication number: 20210235421
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuration of scheduling-based sidelink resources for (re-) transmitting sidelink signals during sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node, includes: transmitting a first message to a first wireless communication device; and receiving a second message from the first wireless communication device, wherein the first message comprises first information of at least one first resource for sidelink transmission and second information of at least one second resource for uplink control information (UCI), wherein the second message is received from the first wireless communication device on the at least one second resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Weimin XING, Youxiong Lu
  • Publication number: 20210227535
    Abstract: Provided is a scheduling method. The method includes: determining configuration information according to a travelling trajectory of a terminal within a predetermined time period; and sending the configuration information to a base station to which the terminal currently belongs, where the configuration information includes at least one of: a transmission resource, a transmission cycle or an active retransmission location. Further disclosed are an information sending method and apparatus, and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Nan LI, Liang LI, Ronghui HOU, Zhiqiang HAN, Ning WEI, Youxiong LU
  • Publication number: 20210212050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuration and scheduling of sidelink resources for sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication device, includes: determining a sidelink resource unit in a sidelink resource set according to a resource aggregation level, wherein the sidelink resource unit in the sidelink resource set comprises a first number of first resource units in the time domain and a second number of second resource units in the frequency domain, and wherein the first number of the first resource units in the time domain is determined according to the resource aggregation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Youxiong Lu, Weimin Xing, Jin Yang
  • Publication number: 20210185628
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronization in sidelink communications is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for performing sidelink communications, includes: receiving, by a first wireless communication device, a first message from a first wireless communication node; determining, by the first wireless communication device, at least one first synchronization reference according to the first message; selecting, by the first wireless communication device, one of the at least one first synchronization reference as a second synchronization reference for receiving a sidelink communication signal; and performing the sidelink communications with the second wireless communication device according to the second synchronization reference, wherein the first message comprises configuration information for the sidelink communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Shuanghong HUANG, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING
  • Publication number: 20210176747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for configuring sidelink resources. The method includes: a network side indicates time domain resources of a sidelink resource pool used for sidelink communication, where the sidelink resource pool includes at least one slot in time domain, and a slot includes at least one time domain symbol, the time domain resources of the sidelink resource pool are dedicated resources of the sidelink communication, or resources shared by the sidelink communication and a cellular link. Further disclosed are a system for configuring resources, and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jin YANG, Weimin XING, Youxiong LU
  • Publication number: 20210168748
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless communication nodes to discover each other are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting, to each of a plurality of second wireless communication nodes, respective configuration information that is utilized by the second wireless communication node to transmit a discovery signal in order to be discovered by at least one other second wireless communication node. At least two of the plurality of second wireless communication nodes transmit their discovery signals at different time domain positions based on their respective configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Feng BI, Wenhao LIU, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING
  • Patent number: 10992527
    Abstract: Provided are a subframe configuration method and device. The method includes: determining a configuration of second type subframes according to a configuration of first type subframes and a bitmap sequence of subframe configuration of a resource pool, where the second type subframes are reserved subframes, and mapping of the bitmap sequence is not performed on the reserved subframes; and mapping the bitmap sequence according to the configuration of the first type subframes and the configuration of the second type subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Shuanghong Huang, Youxiong Lu
  • Publication number: 20200413443
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a carrier set, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes following steps: a first carrier set corresponding to a predetermined logical channel group for a UE performing a sidelink transmission is determined, where the predetermined logical channel group includes one or more logical channels, and the logical channels in the predetermined logical channel group correspond to a same destination ID. The problem of lacking the method of determining a complete carrier set when the UE performs a sidelink transmission in the related art is solved, and a purpose of determining a carrier set required by the UE for determining the sidelink transmission is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Weimin Xing, Youxiong Lu
  • Publication number: 20200367184
    Abstract: Disclosed are a signal detection method and apparatus, a signal sending method and apparatus, and a remote user equipment. The signal detection method includes: a first synchronization signal is sent based on a first timing reference; a first discovery signal is detected based on the first timing reference, where the first discovery signal carries synchronization information; after the first discovery signal is detected, a second synchronization signal is detected within a first time window corresponding to the synchronization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Shuanghong HUANG, Youxiong LU, Jie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200344721
    Abstract: Provided are a resource selection method and device. The method includes initiating at least one sidelink process on at least one carrier; determining that the at least one sidelink process is one set of sidelink processes; and triggering, according to a preset rule, resource selection of the one set of sidelink processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weimin XING, Youxiong LU
  • Patent number: 10813090
    Abstract: Provided are a resource configuration method and device. The method includes: assigning frequency-domain resource blocks (RBs) in a system to one or more sub-channels to form a sub-channel configuration in the system, where each of the RBs is included in only one sub-channel; and determining a unique sub-channel index for each sub-channel, and instructing one or more sub-channels, through the sub-channel index, the RBs included in the instructed one or more sub-channels to carry control information and/or data information of a user equipment. The solution solves the problem of large overheads incurred by indicating configured time-domain/frequency-domain resources in a V2V communication system and reduces overheads incurred by indicating configured time-domain/frequency-domain resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Shuanghong Huang, Youxiong Lu, Haigang He
  • Publication number: 20200329352
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for determining a transmission mode, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring information for determining the transmission mode, where the information includes at least one of: service profile information about a first service from an upper layer of a first terminal or an application layer of the first terminal, access layer information about the first terminal, transmission parameter information configured for the first terminal by a base station, or capability information about a second terminal of a proximity service; and determining the transmission mode according to the information. This can solve the problem in the existing art of how to perform communication better when there are UEs of different types or different capabilities in a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Mengzhen WANG, Lin CHEN, Youxiong LU
  • Patent number: 10785779
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a resource priority, a processing device, a processing system and a UE. The method for determining the resource priority can include: performing, on a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), at least one of the following operations: performing energy detection to obtain a detection result and performing information decoding to obtain a decoding result; and weighting at least one of the detection result and the decoding result to determine a priority of a PSCCH resource, or determining the priority of the PSCCH resource according to at least one of the detection result and the decoding result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Youxiong Lu, Wenhuan Wang, Shuanghong Huang