Patents by Inventor Zheng Zhao

Zheng Zhao 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: 20250234333
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication method and apparatus. One example method includes: receiving, by a first terminal device, a first paging early indication (PEI), wherein the first terminal device belongs to a first subgroup and a second subgroup, and the first PEI comprises an indication indicating whether to perform paging detection by the first subgroup and whether to perform paging detection based on the second subgroup; and determining, by the first terminal device based on the indication, whether to perform paging detection based on at least one of the first subgroup or the second subgroup, wherein the first subgroup corresponds to a radio access network (RAN)-initiated paging message, and the second subgroup corresponds to a core network (CN)-initiated paging message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250234367
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for communication and a terminal device. An example method includes: performing resource allocation for a first resource set based on first information, wherein the first resource set is shared by the first radio access technology (RAT) sidelink (SL) and the second RAT SL, and the first information is associated with a resource of the first RAT SL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250212260
    Abstract: A method applied at a node for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided. One method includes: transmitting a first plurality of random access preambles by using a first spatial filter, wherein a first plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the first plurality of random access preambles; monitoring a first control signaling during a first time window in response to the first plurality of random access preambles; transmitting a second plurality of random access preambles by using a second spatial filter, wherein a second plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the second plurality of random access preambles; and monitoring a second control signaling during a second time window in response to the second plurality of random access preambles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250212262
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device applicable to a node for wireless communication. One example method includes: receiving first information, the first information comprises information indicating X physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions, wherein the X PRACH occasions are mapped to Q PRACH occasion groups, X is a positive integer greater than 1, and Q is a positive integer; and receiving second information, the second information comprises a plurality of candidate values, wherein the X PRACH occasions are mapped to the Q PRACH occasion groups based at least one of a priority of a candidate value associated with a respective PRACH occasion group or a quantity of PRACH occasion groups respectively corresponding to each candidate value of the plurality of candidate values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Patent number: 12342387
    Abstract: A method for a node used for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: transmitting X1 first random access preambles, wherein X1 is a positive integer; monitoring control signaling of a first random access response during a first time window, wherein the first random access response corresponds to the X1 first random access preambles; based on a result of the monitoring control signaling, incrementing a counter by 1; and transmitting X2 second random access preambles, wherein X2 is a positive integer greater than or equal to X1, wherein X2 is determined based on a first parameter and whether the counter is greater than a threshold, wherein the threshold is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ling Lyu, Zheng Zhao, Zhongzhi Yang
  • Patent number: 12333192
    Abstract: Disclosed are a memory configuration method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The memory configuration method includes: obtaining virtual memory by dividing a solid-state storage hard disk; establishing communication paths between a hardware management unit and the solid-state storage hard disk, so that the virtual memory can be accessed through the hardware management unit, wherein the hardware management unit is configured to manage high-speed access protocol queues; measuring the memory access pressure of the hardware management unit; and adjusting the size of the virtual memory according to the memory access pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignees: VERISILICON MICROELECTRONICS (CHENGDU) CO., LTD., VERISILICON MICROELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., VERISILICON MICROELECTRONICS (NANJING) CO., LTD., VERISILICON MICROELECTRONICS (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250192955
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for sidelink communication. One example method includes: performing, by a first terminal device, periodic transmission of a first sidelink CSI-RS by using a plurality of transmit beams, where the first sidelink CSI-RS is used to perform initial beam pairing, where a transmission resource corresponding to the first sidelink CSI-RS is determined based on a first parameter of the periodic transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Patent number: 12328617
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. An example method includes: performing, by a terminal device, neighboring cell measurement in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell based on a first parameter, wherein the first parameter is associated with one or more of following information: a distance between the terminal device and a network device in the NTN cell; a height of a network device in the NTN cell from ground; an azimuth angle of an antenna of a network device in the NTN cell; a sub-zone in the NTN cell, or a distance between an edge of the NTN cell and the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ling Lyu, Zheng Zhao, Zhongzhi Yang
  • Publication number: 20250184835
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for satellite handover between non-terrestrial networks, a terminal device, and a network device. One example method includes: receiving a first handover command, where the first handover command instructs a terminal device to perform satellite handover from a coverage of a first satellite network to a coverage of a second satellite network; and performing first synchronization with the second satellite network based on a first parameter before the satellite handover is performed, where the first parameter is determined based on information in the first handover command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250184845
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and an apparatus for wireless communication. One example method includes: A terminal device determines, based on first information, one or more first TN regions in an NTN cell that are related to the terminal device, where the one or more first TN regions are used by the terminal device to determine a target TN cell for cell handover or cell reselection, and the first information includes one or more of the following: frequency information or a frequency list of a TN region corresponding to the NTN cell, geographical region information of a TN region corresponding to the NTN cell, or geographical region information of each cell in a TN region corresponding to the NTN cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250175285
    Abstract: A method for communication, a communication device, and a network device are provided. One example method includes: receiving, by a communication device, a first data packet at a media access control (MAC) layer; and dropping, by the communication device, transmission of the first data packet at the MAC layer when a first condition is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250176037
    Abstract: A method and device for use in nodes for wireless is provided. One example method includes: transmitting, by a first node, X1 first random access (RA) preambles, X1 being a positive integer greater than 1; monitoring a control signaling for a first random access response (RAR) during a first time-window, wherein the first RAR corresponds to the X1 first RA preambles; updating a current value of a first counter to obtain an updated value of the first counter when reception of the first RAR is not successful while the first time-window expires; and transmitting X2 second RA preambles in response to the updated value of the first counter being less than the first threshold, wherein X2 is a positive integer greater than or equal to X1; or dropping transmission of X2 second RA preambles in response to the updated value of the first counter being greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LYU, Zheng ZHAO, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250175884
    Abstract: A method for communication, a positioning server, an access network device, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: transmitting, by a positioning server, first information, where the first information is associated with a terminal device, the first information is used to indicate a first operation, and the first operation is related to one or more of the following: RRM measurement, access of the terminal device, a transmit beam, a receive beam, or a TA. The first operation is related to a behavior for saving energy for the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250168813
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for positioning. One example method includes: determining, by a positioning device, one or both of reliability and integrity of a positioning result; and transmitting, by the positioning device, one or both of the reliability and the integrity of the positioning result to a positioning request device. One or both of the reliability and the integrity of the positioning result is indicated by one or more of: a number of base stations participating in positioning, a positioning error, and a positioning error level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250168814
    Abstract: Provided in the present application are a positioning method, a terminal device, and a network device. One example method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, a plurality of sequences to base stations of a plurality of cells; and receiving, by the terminal device, a plurality of TAs corresponding to the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250159437
    Abstract: This application provides a ranging method and a ranging apparatus. One example ranging method includes: receiving, by a first device, a first TA corresponding to a terminal device, where the first TA is used for determining first distance information about the terminal device based on a TA quantization interval corresponding to the first TA, and the first distance information includes a first distance between the terminal device and a network device; determining, by the first device, second distance information about the terminal device; and performing, by the first device, distance measurement on the terminal device based on the first distance information and the second distance information, where the second distance information is determined based on a path loss corresponding to the terminal device and/or a second TA, where a TA quantization interval corresponding to the second TA is less than the TA quantization interval corresponding to the first TA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250159648
    Abstract: The present application provides a positioning method and a positioning apparatus. One example positioning method includes: sending, by a first communications device, a first neighboring cell measurement set to a terminal device, where a measurement result of the first neighboring cell measurement set is used for positioning the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Publication number: 20250150861
    Abstract: A communication method, a terminal device, an access network device, and a core network device are provided. One example method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information. The first configuration information is related to a first region and a first signal, the first signal is configured for positioning, and the first region includes a plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng ZHAO, Ling LYU, Zhongzhi YANG
  • Patent number: 12294444
    Abstract: A method, a terminal device, and a network device for communication are provided. One example method comprises: performing a third operation in response to a change of a satellite corresponding to a first cell for the terminal device, wherein the change comprises a change from a first satellite to a second satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Zhao, Ling Lyu, Zhongzhi Yang
  • Patent number: 12294976
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for paging. A network device sends paging indication information including identification information to a plurality of terminal devices corresponding to a same beam. A first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices determines whether it is paged by the network device according to the identification information. In response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, the first terminal device sends a paging response message to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ling Lyu, Zheng Zhao, Zhongzhi Yang