Patents by Inventor Zhaocheng Wang

Zhaocheng Wang 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).

  • Patent number: 11956112
    Abstract: An electronic device and communication method are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to perform a pre-processing operation on a first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the pre-processing operation including: performing a dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block; transforming the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a first transformation, wherein the first transformation couples each symbol in the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and performing a dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the dimension-increasing conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhengyi Zhou, Zhaocheng Wang, Ning Ge, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11936446
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic device, method for wireless communication system and storage medium. The present disclosure proposes an electronic device on a control device side for a wireless communication system, comprising: a processing circuit configured to group a plurality of terminal devices of the wireless communication system into one linear precoding terminal device group and one or more nonlinear precoding terminal device groups based on respective nonlinear precoding capabilities and channel state information of the plurality of terminal devices; and notify each terminal device whether nonlinear precoding or linear precoding is to be employed in communication for the terminal device by means of a nonlinear precoding indicator based on the grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20240064043
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, including a processing circuit configured to receive, from a base station, channel state information reference signal with a set of reception filters, perform channel estimation on a downlink channel from the base station to the user equipment, select, from the set of reception filters, one or more particular reception filters corresponding to respective channel estimation results that satisfy a first predetermined condition, and signal, from the user equipment to the base station, sounding reference signal with one or more particular transmission filters, wherein the one or more particular transmission filters and one or more particular reception filters are reciprocal respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Peiyao ZHAO, Zhaocheng WANG, Jinhui CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240048317
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication system, and a storage medium. In the method, reference signal are carried merely on a part of communication sources for channel estimation, channel states on the communication resources carrying the reference signal are estimated, and conditions of channel paths from a transmitter to a receiver are estimated by using the estimated channel states of the communication resources. Thereby, channel states on other communication resources from the transmitter to the receiver can be obtained from the estimated channel path conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ziyuan SHA, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11831575
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication system, and a storage medium. In the method, reference signal are carried merely on a part of communication sources for channel estimation, channel states on the communication resources carrying the reference signal are estimated, and conditions of channel paths from a transmitter to a receiver are estimated by using the estimated channel states of the communication resources. Thereby, channel states on other communication resources from the transmitter to the receiver can be obtained from the estimated channel path conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziyuan Sha, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11831708
    Abstract: A distributed computation offloading method based on computation-network collaboration in a stochastic network is provided. The distributed computation offloading method includes: building a device revenue maximization problem model and a MEC server revenue maximization problem model based on a local computing model and an edge cloud computing model; building composite sets of scenarios for dwell time and waiting latency based on a random movement of a user and burst computation demands; compensating for a game strategy by using a posteriori recourse action and building a game-based stochastic programming model between the device and the MEC server; transforming a multi-stage stochastic regularization problem for both the device and the MEC server into a DEP problem by constructing a scenario tree, and solving the DEP problem to obtain an optimal task strategy for the offloading from the MEC server and an optimal offering strategy of the MEC server to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Yun Li, Shichao Xia, Zhixiu Yao, Guangfu Wu, Hongcheng Zhuang, Zhaocheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11799693
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, including a processing circuit configured to receive, from a base station, channel state information reference signal with a set of reception filters, perform channel estimation on a downlink channel from the base station to the user equipment, select, from the set of reception filters, one or more particular reception filters corresponding to respective channel estimation results that satisfy a first predetermined condition, and signal, from the user equipment to the base station, sounding reference signal with one or more particular transmission filters, wherein the one or more particular transmission filters and one or more particular reception filters are reciprocal respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jinhui Chen
  • Publication number: 20230318177
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to: acquire multiple pieces of channel information, which are obtained via multiple channel measurements, about an equivalent channel between a first communication device and a second communication device, wherein in each channel measurement, the second communication device obtains a piece of channel information on the basis of a received reference signal sent from the first communication device, and a reflection signal sent by an intelligent reflecting surface between the first communication device and the second communication device using a corresponding group of reflection parameters to reflect the reference signal; and by means of performing joint processing on multiple groups of reflection parameters used in the multiple channel measurements and the multiple pieces of acquired channel information, determine channel estimations of multiple integration sub-channels which are capable of representing the equivalent channel together with the refle
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengyi ZHOU, Zhaocheng WANG, Ning GE, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20230318668
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Peiyao ZHAO, Zhaocheng WANG, Xudong ZHU, Jinhui CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230291445
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method in a wireless communication system. The device comprises: a first generating unit configured to generate a first pre-coding matrix according to first channel information on a channel between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; a second generating unit configured to generate a second pre-coding matrix according to the first pre-coding matrix and second channel information on the channel; and a pre-coding unit configured to pre-code a data signal according to the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix. According to the embodiments of the present invention, interference between user equipment can be effectively removed, the operation complexity is reduced, and the whole performance of the system is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Chen QIAN, Zhaocheng WANG, Wendong LIU, Jinhui CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230245447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining varying phenomena in an environment. In an embodiment, an system includes a processor configured to receive a sequence of remote sensing data regarding an environment, wherein the environment comprises a target area where changes have occurred and a surrounding area where few or no changes have occurred; process the RS data to determine signals for the changes that have occurred in the target area and where no changes have occurred in the surrounding area, wherein the signals comprise reflected sunlight radiation or returned light or radiation of different wavelengths captured by the sensor; process the signals to determining environment data indicting varying phenomena in the environment, wherein the varying phenomena in the environment comprise changes in the physical characteristics of the target area and an amount of radiation captured by the RS data; and provide the environment data for display via a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Zhaocheng Wang, Enrique Vivoni
  • Publication number: 20230239020
    Abstract: An electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, configured to send two reference signals using identical time-frequency resources and respectively using two beams in a beam pair, wherein a spatial distance between the two beams in the beam pair is greater than a predetermined value, and the two reference signals satisfy a predetermined constraint relation. The efficiency of a beam training process can be improved, and the time consumption of the beam training process is reduced, thereby achieving a compromise between beam training overheads and beamforming gains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ke MA, Wendong LIU, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11711121
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Xudong Zhu, Jinhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11689255
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method in a wireless communication system. The device comprises: a first generating unit configured to generate a first pre-coding matrix according to first channel information on a channel between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; a second generating unit configured to generate a second pre-coding matrix according to the first pre-coding matrix and second channel information on the channel; and a pre-coding unit configured to pre-code a data signal according to the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix. According to the embodiments of the present invention, interference between user equipment can be effectively removed, the operation complexity is reduced, and the whole performance of the system is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Qian, Zhaocheng Wang, Wendong Liu, Jinhui Chen
  • Publication number: 20230199061
    Abstract: A distributed computation offloading method based on computation-network collaboration in a stochastic network is provided. The distributed computation offloading method includes: building a device revenue maximization problem model and a MEC server revenue maximization problem model based on a local computing model and an edge cloud computing model; building composite sets of scenarios for dwell time and waiting latency based on a random movement of a user and burst computation demands; compensating for a game strategy by using a posteriori recourse action and building a game-based stochastic programming model between the device and the MEC server; transforming a multi-stage stochastic regularization problem for both the device and the MEC server into a DEP problem by constructing a scenario tree, and solving the DEP problem to obtain an optimal task strategy for the offloading from the MEC server and an optimal offering strategy of the MEC server to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Yun LI, Shichao XIA, Zhixiu YAO, Guangfu WU, Hongcheng ZHUANG, Zhaocheng WANG
  • Patent number: 11618682
    Abstract: Provided are a slurry of graphene oxides with different degrees of oxidation, a composite film of graphene oxides, and a graphene heat-conducting film. The slurry of the graphene oxides comprises the graphene oxides and a solvent, and the graphene oxides include a strong graphene oxide and a weak graphene oxide, wherein the slurry comprises two graphene oxides with different degrees of oxidation, which can increase a carbon content in the graphene oxide per unit mass, so that the finally obtained graphene heat-conducting film has more carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU FUXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bucun Zhou, Renjie Zhou, Jing Lu, Dong Su, Zhaocheng Wang, Feng Li
  • Publication number: 20230064870
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication system, and a storage medium. In the method, reference signal are carried merely on a part of communication sources for channel estimation, channel states on the communication resources carrying the reference signal are estimated, and conditions of channel paths from a transmitter to a receiver are estimated by using the estimated channel states of the communication resources. Thereby, channel states on other communication resources from the transmitter to the receiver can be obtained from the estimated channel path conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ziyuan SHA, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11569882
    Abstract: An electronic device for a multi-antenna communication apparatus in a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: map a first information bit to a first reconstructed channel in a plurality of reconstructed channels associated with a plurality of antennas of a multi-antenna communication apparatus; and provide a reconstruction parameter corresponding to the first reconstructed channel, so as to reconstruct an actual channel from the multi-antenna communication apparatus to a peer communication apparatus to bear the first information bit, wherein the plurality of reconstructed channels are determined by configuring, based on a plurality of groups of reconstruction parameters, the plurality of antennas of the multi-antenna communication apparatus, so that the plurality of reconstructed channels have a low correlation with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xudong Zhu, Zhaocheng Wang, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11552756
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication system, and a storage medium. In the method, reference signal are carried merely on a part of communication sources for channel estimation, channel states on the communication resources carrying the reference signal are estimated, and conditions of channel paths from a transmitter to a receiver are estimated by using the estimated channel states of the communication resources. Thereby, channel states on other communication resources from the transmitter to the receiver can be obtained from the estimated channel path conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziyuan Sha, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20220417918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments for setting guard periods for downlink-to-uplink switching are described. An embodiment relates to an electronic device for a base station used in a TDD communication system, and the electronic device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: set a first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching for a first terminal device in a first cell; and set a second guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching for a second terminal device in the first cell, wherein the second guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching is different from the first guard period for downlink-to-uplink switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengyi ZHOU, Zhaocheng WANG, Ning GE, Jianfei CAO