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: 11239896
    Abstract: An electronic device and a communication method can provide multiple transmitting beams based on priori information. An electronic device for a first communication device side including: processing circuitry configured to: determine, based on priori information, a transmitting order for a plurality of transmitting beams of the first communication device in beam sweeping to be performed on a communication from the first communication device to a second communication device; and control to use the plurality of transmitting beams in the beam sweeping according to the determined transmitting order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendong Liu, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20220006495
    Abstract: An electronic device operating on a base station side and includes a processing circuit configured to perform control to cause the electronic device to: estimate channel correlation in a first direction among a plurality of terminals communicating with the base station; and in response to that the estimated channel correlation in the first direction among the plurality of terminals satisfies a predetermined condition, transmit a first indication signal to indicate that a second measurement process is to be performed to determine channel information in a second direction after a first measurement process is to be performed to determine channel information in the first direction, and transmit, based on the channel information in the second direction, a second indication signal to indicate a precoding scheme for data to be transmitted from the base station to the plurality of terminals, the precoding scheme including linear precoding or non-linear precoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Wendong LIU, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210409252
    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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengyi ZHOU, Zhaocheng WANG, Ning GE, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210400510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments regarding inter-cell interference measurement are described. In one embodiment, an electronic device for a terminal side in a wireless communication system may include a processing circuit that can be configured to measure a plurality of downlink beams of a serving cell, to determine one or more weak beams from the plurality of downlink beams for the terminal; measure interferences from one or more neighboring cells when the one or more weak beams are used to transmit a first signal; and transmit interference measurement results, measured when at least one weak beam is used, to a base station of the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ziyuan SHA, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210400532
    Abstract: An electronic device for a backhaul network, wherein the backhaul network comprises a first communication apparatus connected to a core network and a plurality of second communication apparatuses performing wireless communication with the first communication apparatus, includes: processing circuitry configured to perform control to cause the first communication apparatus comprising the electronic device to: operate as a primary donor; select at least one second communication apparatus of the plurality of second communication apparatuses as a secondary donor; transmit a first indicating signal to the selected at least one second communication apparatus, the first indicating signal comprising node type information indicating the secondary donor; transmit a second indicating signal to a second communication apparatus that are not selected, the second indicating signal comprising node type information indicating a member node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengyi ZHOU, Zhaocheng WANG, Ning GE, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11190384
    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: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhengyi Zhou, Zhaocheng Wang, Ning Ge, Jianfei Cao
  • Patent number: 11152978
    Abstract: A communication device includes a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured as: mapping a first information bit part used for a receiving end to a corresponding channel based on a pre-set mapping rule so as to execute spatial modulation with respect to the first information bit part of the receiving end; allocating a transmission power to the receiving end; and controlling the transmission power allocated through a mapped channel to transmit a second information bit part used for the receiving end. In the case of the first information bit parts used for multiple receiving ends being the same, the channels mapped for multiple receiving ends are the same. The multi-user spatial modulation performs spatial modulation for multiple receiving ends at the same time through a multiplexing channel of the transmitting end, improving the additional modulation order and the data transmission rate which can be obtained by each receiving end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xudong Zhu, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20210288841
    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: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jinhui Chen
  • Publication number: 20210242912
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Peiyao ZHAO, Zhaocheng WANG, Xudong ZHU, Jinhui CHEN
  • Patent number: 11082275
    Abstract: An electronic device, and method, at a first communication apparatus having multiple antennas includes a memory for storing computer instructions; and a processing circuit configured to execute the stored computer instructions to: based on channel states of channels between the multiple antennas of the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, determine channel characteristics of a first channel from the first communication apparatus to a second communication apparatus in an angle domain: based on the determined channel characteristics of the first channel in the angle domain, determine a first set of pilot signals used in the angle domain, the pilot signals in the first set of pilot signals being orthogonal to each other; and transform the first set of pilot signals into a second set of pilot signals for transmission over the multiple antennas of the first communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jinhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11070260
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. The method includes: a sending side device generating a common sequence to send to a plurality of receiving side devices; each of the plurality of receiving side devices determining a first analog weight parameter according to a receiving situation of the common sequence, and determining an antenna configuration for sending a pre-determined pilot frequency signal corresponding to the receiving side device according to the determined first analog weight parameter to send the pre-determined pilot frequency signal to the sending side device; and the sending side device determining a second analog weight parameter regarding the receiving side device according to a receiving situation of the pre-determined pilot frequency signal, and determining an antenna configuration for sending data regarding the receiving side device according to the determined second analog weight parameter to send the data to the receiving side device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Xudong Zhu, Jinhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11057245
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device for a first communication device in a wireless communication system includes: storage device configured to store an analog codebook for the first communication device, the analog codebook including a plurality of sets of first configuration parameters for a set of phase shifters of the first communication device; and a processing circuit configured to: perform channel estimation on a first channel from a second communication device to the first communication device respectively based on the plurality of sets of first configuration parameters and signal transmission from the second communication device, select a set of first configuration parameters corresponding to ones of channel estimation results that satisfy a first predetermined condition to generate a reduced analog sub-codebook, configure signal transmission from the first communication device to the second communication device based on the analog sub-codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jinhui Chen
  • Publication number: 20210194742
    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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengyi ZHOU, Zhaocheng WANG, Ning GE, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 11043997
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device in a wireless communication system, a communication method and storage medium. Provided is a method for estimating a channel angle of departure (AOD) that includes, by means of multiple antenna arrays, using the same analog beam formation parameters to transmit a reference signal so as to form a first combined beam and a second combined beam having different directions. The method further includes determining the relative beam gain for the two combined beams, and determining the channel AOD on the basis of a mapping relationship between the relative beam gain and the channel AOD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20210185547
    Abstract: A communication method includes receiving first beam feedback information from a wide beam terminal, where the first beam feedback information includes information about a first wide beam and information about M wide beams whose signal quality meets a first condition, receiving second beam feedback information from a narrow beam terminal, where the second beam feedback information includes information about a second wide beam and information about N wide beams whose signal quality meets a second condition, receiving, from the narrow beam terminal, information about a first narrow beam, where the first narrow beam is a narrow beam covered by the second wide beam, and determining, based on the first beam feedback information, the second beam feedback information, and the information about the first narrow beam, whether to transmit downlink data to the wide beam terminal and the narrow beam terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Peiyao Zhao, Zhaocheng Wang, Kai Xu, Hongcheng Zhuang, Yanliang Sun, Lili Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210179463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for removing and recovering precious metals, such as platinum-group metals (PGMs), including palladium, from wastewater and waste streams. The invention also relates to systems and methods for recycling the recovered precious metals for catalytic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chen Zhou, Andrew Marcus, Bruce Rittmann, Zhaocheng Wang, Aura Ontiveros-Valencia, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
  • Patent number: 11025318
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to an electronic device, communication method and medium. The electronic device comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a sub array of a curved surface array antenna associated with the electronic device to serve a target communication apparatus, based on a channel state between the curved surface array antenna and the target communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xudong Zhu, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20210152228
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a communication method. An electronic device for a first communication device side including: processing circuitry configured to: determine, based on priori information, a transmitting order for a plurality of transmitting beams of the first communication device in beam sweeping to be performed on a communication from the first communication device to a second communication device; and control to use the plurality of transmitting beams in the beam sweeping according to the determined transmitting order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Wendong LIU, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Publication number: 20210152223
    Abstract: A communication device includes a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured as: mapping a first information bit part used for a receiving end to a corresponding channel based on a pre-set mapping rule so as to execute spatial modulation with respect to the first information bit part of the receiving end; allocating a transmission power to the receiving end; and controlling the transmission power allocated through a mapped channel to transmit a second information bit part used for the receiving end. In the case of the first information bit parts used for multiple receiving ends being the same, the channels mapped for multiple receiving ends are the same. The multi-user spatial modulation performs spatial modulation for multiple receiving ends at the same time through a multiplexing channel of the transmitting end, improving the additional modulation order and the data transmission rate which can be obtained by each receiving end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xudong ZHU, Zhaocheng WANG, Jianfei CAO
  • Patent number: 10951273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments regarding beam pair selection are described. In one embodiment, an electronic device for a wireless communication system can comprise a processing circuitry configured to determine K beam pairs in a communication link between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus for a wireless communication system, where K is a natural number, and each beam pair comprises a transmitting beam and a receiving beam; and calculate a beam gain gradient for each beam pair, wherein the beam gain gradient indicates a spatial gain variation of a respective beam pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhengyi Zhou, Zhaocheng Wang, Jianfei Cao