Patents by Inventor Zhang Zhang

Zhang 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).

  • Method for Link Selection, User Equipment, Network Node, and Telecommunication System
    Publication number: 20230022773
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for link selection in a telecommunication system, a user equipment, a network node, and a telecommunication system. The method comprises: communicating a probing message with a second UE via a relay link therebetween, both of the UEs being served by a same network node; determining whether uplink (UL) data is to be transmitted to the network node via the relay link or via an access link between the UE and the network node at least partially based on the link quality of the relay link, which is determined at least partially based on the probing message, and the link quality of the access link, or based on an indication from the network node; and transmitting the UL data via the determined one of the relay link and the access link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Angel Leon Calvo, Zhang Zhang
  • SIDE-TYPE POWDER TOP BLOWN FURNACE AND METHOD FOR TREATING SAME
    Publication number: 20230014060
    Abstract: A side-type powder top blown furnace and method for treating the furnace is disclosed. The furnace includes a cylindrical furnace body, powder material inlet nozzles, a furnace top sample rod, a top blown furnace spray gun, a belt feeding inlet, a branch conveying pipe, a quantitative pneumatic conveying device, a powder material collecting bin, a powder collecting bin feeding inlet and a furnace top cover; the powder material inlet nozzles are symmetrically arranged around a furnace wall of the cylindrical furnace body on the same horizontal plane. The disclosure can solve the problems of large transportation flying loss, large return amount, poor operating environment, harm to the health of operators and the like in the tin smelting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Xingcheng SONG, Duzuo TANG, Zhang ZHANG, Haibin YUAN, Qingdong LIU, Wanli XU, Chi ZHANG, Jianwei WANG, Yun CHEN, Yumei ZHANG
  • Uplink synchronization method, and apparatus
    Patent number: 11558841
    Abstract: An uplink synchronization method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a timing advance command to a communications device, where the timing advance command includes a timing advance TA reference value, and the TA reference value corresponds to a carrier in a timing advance group TAG; determining, by the communications device, a TA offset of the carrier based on carrier information of the carrier; and adjusting, by the communications device, an uplink transmission timing of the carrier based on the TA reference value and the TA offset of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Yongzhao Cao, Zhe Liu, Jinlin Peng, Zhi Li, Fan Wang
  • Terminal Device, Network Device and Methods Therein
    Publication number: 20220417777
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (400) in a first terminal device. The method (400) includes: transmitting (410) a first message indicating a first sidelink Access Stratum, AS, configuration to a second terminal device; receiving (420) from the second terminal device a second message indicating a failure of the first sidelink AS configuration; and transmitting (430) to a network device a report regarding the failure of the first sidelink AS configuration. The report contains one or more of: an indicator indicating the failure of the first sidelink AS configuration, or an identification of the second terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Antonino Orsino, Congchi Zhang, Zhang Zhang
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE COCRYSTAL
    Publication number: 20220411376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a nicotinamide mononucleotide cocrystal, and aims to solve the technical problems of larger content/weight difference and inconsistent quality of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) medicines or health care products due to poor fluidity of existing nicotinamide mononucleotide crystals. The method includes the steps of mixing nicotinamide mononucleotide as an active pharmaceutical ingredient with isonicotine as a cocrystal former by adopting solution synthesis and then performing crystal precipitation. The method has the advantages of simple operation and wide application range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Zhang ZHANG, Ming Chen
  • NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE-ISONICOTINE COCRYSTAL AND COMPOSITION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220402961
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to solve the technical problems of larger content/weight difference and inconsistent quality of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) medicines or health care products due to poor fluidity of existing nicotinamide mononucleotide crystals, and provides a nicotinamide mononucleotide-isonicotine cocrystal. Cu-K?radiation is used for the cocrystal, and X-ray powder diffraction represented by an angle 2? has diffraction peaks at 9.6±0.2°, 13.3±0.3°, 22.8±0.2° and 36.5±0.2°. The cocrystal has a higher bulk density than existing crystals, thereby significantly improving the fluidity of the nicotinamide mononucleotide. Therefore, the technical problems of larger content/weight difference and inconsistent quality of the NMN medicines or health care products in the production of enterprises may be well solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Zhang ZHANG, Ming CHEN
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION PRIORITY
    Publication number: 20220393806
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for a device to determine transmission priority for a transmission to another device in a device-to-device communication. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding device, computer programs, and computer-readable storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Congchi ZHANG, Ricardo BLASCO SERRANO, Antonino ORSINO, Zhang ZHANG
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE BY USING NICOTINAMIDE AS RAW MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20220363704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing nicotinamide mononucleotide by using nicotinamide as a raw material, which comprises: in acetonitrile, dichloromethane, 1,2-dichloroethane or liquid sulfur dioxide as a solvent, allowing nicotinamide and tetraacetyl ribose to react as catalyzed by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate or tin tetrachloride, adjusting a pH value thereof to 3-5, adding a sodium methoxide solution thereto to react at ?15° C. to 5° C., adjusting a pH value thereof to 3-5, and subjecting the reaction mixture to microfiltration and nanofiltration using a membrane concentrator, thereby obtain a nicotinamide ribose solution; allowing the nicotinamide ribose solution to react as catalyzed by nicotinamide ribokinase in the presence of Mg ions, ATP and a buffer, thereby obtaining nicotinamide mononucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guiping ZHANG, Haojie XU, Qin WANG, Zhang ZHANG, Qi ZHANG
  • Method and apparatus for sidelink transmission control
    Patent number: 11503657
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus and computer program product for sidelink transmission control. The method implemented at a first user equipment which supports a first radio access technology comprises: determining a sidelink transmission mode for transmitting, wherein the sidelink transmission mode is one of a first mode corresponding to the first radio access technology and a second mode corresponding to a second radio access technology; and transmitting a sidelink signal according to the sidelink transmission mode using a sidelink resource configured by a network node which serves the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Yunxi Li, Ricardo Blasco Serrano, Stefano Sorrentino, Zhang Zhang
  • Device discovery using sidelink discovery messages
    Patent number: 11503450
    Abstract: Flexible physical channel configurations that support efficient transmission of discovery messages thereby enabling, among other things, SL discovery enhancement for NR. In one aspect, discovery messages are carried on either the PSCCH or the PSSCH or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Marco Belleschi, Liang Hu, Jingya Li
  • Sidelink Configuration
    Publication number: 20220361069
    Abstract: A wireless device (10) is configured to receive a control message (28) from a source radio network node (14S) of a handover. The control message (28) indicates a sidelink configuration (26) that is usable during and/or after the handover. Alternatively or additionally, the control message (28) indicates a sidelink configuration (26) that is supported by a target radio network node (14T) of the handover. The sidelink configuration (26) is a configuration of a sidelink (16) for the wireless device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Congchi Zhang, Antonino Orsino, Yazid Lyazidi, Zhang Zhang
  • Communication method and communications apparatus
    Patent number: 11490387
    Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus that are applied to discrete narrowband communication information are described. One example communication method includes sending first indication information to a terminal by a network device. The first indication information includes a frequency channel number of a start sub-band in all discrete sub-bands of a serving cell in which the terminal is currently located, a bitmap representing whether each sub-band in a frequency band belongs to the serving cell, and a frequency spacing between sub-bands in the frequency band. The frequency band is a frequency band to which all the discrete sub-bands of the serving cell belong. The network device sends second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a sub-band available to the terminal in all the discrete sub-bands of the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nizhong Lin, Lingli Pang, Xian Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Xinzheng Wang, Xinyou Ma
  • Methods and arrangements for radio link measurement configuration
    Patent number: 11477671
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and arrangements for configuring radio link measurement reporting in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of radio link reporting mechanisms. Performed in an access node, the method comprises obtaining (S21) a plurality of radio link reporting configurations, each radio link reporting configuration specifying one or more of the supported radio link reporting mechanisms and wherein at least one of the plurality of radio link reporting configurations specifies a combination of a first and a second radio link reporting mechanism being mutually different. The method further comprises selecting (S22) one radio link reporting configuration from the plurality of obtained configurations; and transmitting (S23) information about the selected radio link reporting configuration to a wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Rui Fan, Qingyu Miao, Andres Reial, Johan Rune, Zhang Zhang
  • NETWORK NODE, TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING RRC STATE TRANSITION
    Publication number: 20220330375
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a network node. The method includes: determining, when a terminal device is in a Radio Resource Control, RRC, _CONNECTED state, that one or more RRC state transition conditions associated with a sidelink are met; and keeping the terminal device in the RRC_CONNECTED state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Congchi Zhang, Antonino Orsino
  • SIDELINK RRC PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20220330358
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method implemented in a Sidelink (SL) User Equipment (UE) and corresponding embodiments of an SL UE are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises detecting a trigger for sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC information comprises a request for an RRC procedure related to one or more SL-related configurations, a message comprising information that informs a network about one or more changes made by the SL UE related to one or more SL configurations, or a message that both requests the RRC procedure and comprises the information that informs the network about the one or more changes made by the SL UE related to the one or more SL configurations. The method also comprises sending the RRC information to a network node. Embodiments of a method implemented in a network node and corresponding embodiments of a network node are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Antonino Orsino, Congchi Zhang, Zhang Zhang
  • Resource determining method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11445496
    Abstract: This application discloses a resource determining method and an apparatus. In the method, a terminal obtains first indication information and second indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a slot in which the terminal sends or receives an SA, and the second indication information is used to indicate a slot format of the slot; and the terminal determines SA resources in the slot based on the slot format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yafei Wang, Xiaojun Ma, Zhang Zhang, Chi Zhang
  • Wireless Device, Network Node and Methods for Efficient Sidelink Management
    Publication number: 20220286892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, wireless device and network node for supporting efficient, fast dynamic adaptation of radio links that allow for direct communication between wireless devices. It is desired to reduce signalling overhead and computations. The method at the wireless device comprises receiving configuration-information related to the other wireless device from the other wireless device or a node; determining a link-property of a first radio link of the multiple radio links based on the configuration-information; causing a modification of a second radio link of the multiple radio links based on the determined link-property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Congchi Zhang, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Zhang Zhang
  • INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20220281821
    Abstract: The present invention provides indazole derivatives or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers having the structure shown in formula (I), and their pharmaceutical compositions and applications thereof. Such compounds can be used as protein kinase inhibitors, which can effectively inhibit the activity of tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) protein kinase and can inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion of a variety of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Jinan University
    Inventors: Ke DING, Shingpan CHAN, Zhang ZHANG, Yunxin DUAN, Jie WANG, Xiaomei REN, Zhengchao TU
  • SIDELINK TRANSMISSION CONTINUITY
    Publication number: 20220287126
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for exchanging Sidelink (SL) User Equipment (UE) context and configurations between a Master Node (MN) and a Secondary node (SN), e.g., in normal Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) operations. In some embodiments, the SL UE context and configuration are exchanged between the MN and the SN via inter-node Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages. In this way, the two network nodes (the MN and the SN) are aware of the SL transmission going on under their coverage and can take the necessary actions to guarantee a stable and reliable SL connectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Antonino Orsino, Mohammed Yazid Lyazidi, Congchi Zhang, Zhang Zhang
  • TERMINAL DEVICE, NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSMISSION OF LOGICAL CHANNELS OVER SIDELINK
    Publication number: 20220279558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a terminal device. The method includes: determining whether each of a plurality of Logical Channels (LCHs) to be transmitted over a sidelink is in a starved state; and selecting at least one of destinations associated with the plurality of LCHs based on whether at least one of the plurality of LCHs is determined to be in the starved state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Zhang Zhang, Congchi Zhang, Antonino Orsino