Patents by Inventor Zhen Bo Zhu

Zhen Bo Zhu 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: 20120315942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing spectrum interference between wireless networks. This is realized by arranging at least one sub-coordinating apparatus, namely, a monitoring apparatus, in respective wireless network, and by arranging a coordinating apparatus, namely, an allocation apparatus in the whole network. Wherein, the sub-coordinating apparatus monitors the spectrum utilization situation of the wireless network where it is located, reports it to the coordinating apparatus, and requests the coordinating apparatus for spectrum resource when new spectrum resource is needed. The coordinating apparatus maintains the spectrum utilization information of each wireless network, and allocates appropriate spectrum resource to the sub-coordinating apparatus which requests spectrum resource based on the maintained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120302273
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing spectrum interference between wireless networks. This is realized by arranging at least one sub-coordinating apparatus, namely, a monitoring apparatus, in respective wireless network, and by arranging a coordinating apparatus, namely, an allocation apparatus in the whole network. Wherein, the sub-coordinating apparatus monitors the spectrum utilization situation of the wireless network where it is located, reports it to the coordinating apparatus, and requests the coordinating apparatus for spectrum resource when new spectrum resource is needed. The coordinating apparatus maintains the spectrum utilization information of each wireless network, and allocates appropriate spectrum resource to the sub-coordinating apparatus which requests spectrum resource based on the maintained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120300766
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120163299
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120140711
    Abstract: A base station apparatus, methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture. A computer implemented method includes the following for receiving and sending data: receiving the data by an RF header module; grouping data received; transferring the grouped data to a data processing apparatus; distributing the grouped data into an uplink sub-channel; merging the distributed data using at least one downlink sub-channel; transferring the merged data to a transceiving apparatus; degrouping the merged data; and sending the merged data by RF header module. A method of receiving data, a method of sending data, and computer readable non-transitory articles of manufacture are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120134449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a software radio system and a decoding apparatus and method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a forward error correction decoding apparatus for a software radio system, including: a receiving module for receiving decoding tasks from a plurality of uplink channels; and a decoder matrix for executing the decoding tasks, wherein the decoder matrix is shared by the plurality of uplink channels. The decoding apparatus and method as well as the software radio system according to the embodiments of the present invention can be well adapted to the high computing capabilities, sufficient flexibility and scalability as required by base station systems for next-generation wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yong Hua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8139567
    Abstract: A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and the at least one data processing apparatus. The transceiving apparatus includes an uplink module to group data received by the RF header module according to grouping configuration information, and to transfer the grouped data to the data processing apparatus; and a downlink module to degroup the data from the data processing apparatus according to the grouping configuration information, and to transfer the degrouped data to the RF header module. Also provided are methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method of sending and receiving data for a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110161540
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for lock allocation control. When a processor core acquires a lock, other processor cores do not need to constantly poll memory to check whether the required lock is released. Instead, other processor cores will be in sleep state and the next processor core needed will be selectively woken up based on predetermined rule, such that an out-of-order lock contention procedure is turned into an in-order lock allocation procedure. By selectively waking up a processor core that is in sleep state, the method and apparatus can avoid occupying a large amount of bus bandwidth, can avoid cache misses, and can save power consumption of chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Tao Chang, Rui Hou, Yudong Yang, Hong Bo Zeng, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110075593
    Abstract: A wireless communication transceiver and a mode switch device thereof. The transceiver includes: a first band transmission path; a first band reception path; a second band transmission path; a second band reception path; a path switch and a control unit. In a dual band time division duplexing mode, the control unit controls the path switch so that the path switch connects a received radio frequency signal from an antenna to the first band reception path, and connects a transmitted radio frequency signal from the second band transmission path to the antenna in an odd cycle or an even cycle; and controls the path switch so that the path switch connects a received radio frequency signal from the antenna to the second band reception path, and connects a transmitted radio frequency signal from the first band transmission path to the antenna in another odd cycle or another even cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yong Hua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090296636
    Abstract: A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and the at least one data processing apparatus. The transceiving apparatus includes an uplink module to group data received by the RF header module according to grouping configuration information, and to transfer the grouped data to the data processing apparatus; and a downlink module to degroup the data from the data processing apparatus according to the grouping configuration information, and to transfer the degrouped data to the RF header module. Also provided are methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method of sending and receiving data for a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu