Patents by Inventor Zhisong Zuo

Zhisong Zuo 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: 20150049733
    Abstract: The present document discloses control signaling transmission and demodulation method, system and terminal. The control signaling transmission method includes: a base station transmitting control signaling using different transmission technologies on available transmission resources in the second control signaling transmission area in the same RB. With present document, by configuring a pilot frequency port and dividing the transmission resources in the second control signaling transmission area in the RB, the control signaling of a plurality of UEs using different transmission technologies can be transmitted on the available transmission resources in the same RB, thus fully utilizing the transmission resources in the RB, improving resource utilization rate, enhancing control signaling capacity, and supporting the control signaling of more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo, Yu Ngok Li
  • Patent number: 8934433
    Abstract: A method for transmitting control format indicator values includes RRC configuring CFI values and transmitting signalings related thereto with one of multiple modes. The modes include configuring one RRC signaling for each component carrier which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each subframe of said component carrier; configuring one RRC signaling respectively for each of subframe types designated by all component carriers which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each designated subframe type; configuring one RRC signaling respectively for each designated subframe type of each component carrier which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each subframe type designated; and configuring one RRC signaling for each user equipment for which cross-carrier scheduling can be performed, to indicate the CFI values of all component carriers which can be cross-carrier scheduled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Ping Zeng, Xin Wu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 8879494
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for non-periodic feedback in a carrier aggregation scenario. The method comprises: a base station sending a non-periodic trigger signaling to a piece of User Equipment (UE); the UE receiving the non-periodic trigger signaling, and determining a Downlink Component Carrier (DL CC) requiring feedback according to the non-periodic trigger signaling; the UE triggering a non-periodic feedback of the determined DL CC. With the present invention, the problem that it is impossible to determine which downlink component carrier is to be fed back according to the non-periodic trigger signaling in the carrier aggregation scenario is solved, uplink feedback of the DL CC that is unnecessary to be fed back is effectively reduced, the base station can adjust resource allocation according to information fed back by the UE, and the performance of downlink data transmission is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Ping Zeng, Guanghui Yu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 8867331
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for sending positioning reference signals (PRSs), for sending data and for receiving data. When PRSs and data carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) are required to be sent on a same physical resource, only the data carried by the PDCCH or the PRSs are sent on the same physical resource; or, when a sending end sends the PRSs and the data carried by the PDCCH on the same physical resource at the same time, a receiving end is made to ignore the received PRSs or the data carried by the PDCCH; or, the sending of the PRSs or the data carried by the PDCCH is limited so that they will not be sent on the same physical resource. The present invention also discloses devices for sending positioning reference signals, for sending data and receiving data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Guanghui Yu, Zhisong Zuo, Yijian Chen
  • Patent number: 8861500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for detecting downlink control information, which relates to the communication field. The method includes: during cross carrier scheduling, the user equipment (UE) determines a search space for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to the number of downlink component carriers in a PDCCH Monitoring Set and the number of downlink component carriers in a UE DL Component Carrier Set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Ping Zeng, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20140233537
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for sending and receiving downlink control information. The method comprises: discrete user-specific search space is determined, control channel resources corresponding to the discrete user-specific search spaces being distributed discretely; and the downlink control information on the discrete user-specific search space is sent. Through the disclosure, the diversity effect of sending physical downlink control information is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Wu, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20140177582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a downlink control channel, a user equipment and a base station. The detection method comprises: a UE detecting a downlink control channel of the UE in a first search space and a second search space, the first search space and the second search space being resources for a base station to send downlink control channel information. In the present invention, the downlink control channel information is sent in two search spaces, thereby developing a new PDCCH resource, solving the problem of insufficient physical downlink control channel PDCCH resources due to the increased requirements for user access, and achieving the effect of increasing the system capacity and reducing the interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Wu, Bo Dai, Yijian Chen, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20140153533
    Abstract: A method for informing about power information and a base station are disclosed in the present document. The method includes: a base station informing a user equipment of at least one of the following types of power ratio information through signalings: ratio information of transmission power for transmitting a second category of control signaling information to transmission power for transmitting dedicated demodulation pilots; and ratio information of transmission power for transmitting data information to transmission power for transmitting dedicated demodulation pilots in a subframe where data transmission occupies only one slot. In the example of the present document, when the second category of control signalings and the data are sent, different transmission layers and transmission powers can be selected, which solves the problem resulted from an inconsistency of Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) powers and avoids a demodulation error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yijian Chen, Yu Ngok Li, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo, Yong Li
  • Patent number: 8724576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sending a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which includes: performing a joint coding and modulation processing on Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information which is required to be sent simultaneously with Channel Status Information (CSI) information, and sending the modulated information to a base station by using the second pilot symbol of each slot of a plurality of orthogonal PUCCH resources. The present invention acquires a coding gain by the joint coding of the ACK/NACK information and makes the minimum Hamming distance extend, thereby enhancing the feedback quality of ACK/NACK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Shuqiang Xia, Dezhong Mi, Zhisong Zuo, Chunli Liang, Weiwei Yang
  • Patent number: 8687579
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for detecting downlink control information, including: when scheduling across carriers is enabled, determining by user equipment (UE) user-specific search space monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to component carrier indexes, wherein the component carrier indexes include component carrier indexes corresponding to various component carriers implementing scheduling across carrier and being scheduled across carriers. Also the present invention also provides an apparatus for detecting downlink control information, a user equipment and a network side device. The present invention solve the overlap problem of common search space and user-specific search space in Release 10 and solves the problem of determining a search space for the PDCCH in the situation of scheduling across carriers is enabled in Release 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Wu, Bo Dai, Ping Zeng, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20130294391
    Abstract: The disclosure claims a method and a device for transmitting a Position Reference Signal (PRS) subframe. In the disclosure, the network side configures certain channels or signals according to the configuration condition of the PRS, or the network side configures the PRS according to the configuration condition of certain channels or signals; the receiving side correctly identifies the length of Cyclic Prefix (CP) according to the configuration information issued by the network side, so as to correctly measure and accurately receive the channels or signals sent by the network side. The disclosure overcomes the technical problem in the conventional art that the length of CP is ambiguous, so that the signals cannot be measured and accurately received by the receiving side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Senbao Guo, Yunfeng Sun, Bo Dai, Zhisong Zuo, Junfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8521210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission power control method for a physical uplink shared channel, including: when there is only uplink control information but no uplink shared channel data sent over the physical uplink shared channel, the transmission power of the physical uplink shared channel is set according to the total number of bits contained in a channel quality indication signaling and its corresponding cyclic redundancy check as well as an amplitude offset. The present disclosure also provides a transmission power control system for a physical uplink shared channel. The method and system described in the present disclosure can ensure the overall performance of a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Peng Hao, Zhisong Zuo, Guanghui Yu, Jin Xu
  • Publication number: 20130201929
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for non-periodic feedback in a carrier aggregation scenario. The method comprises: a base station sending a non-periodic trigger signaling to a piece of User Equipment (UE); the UE receiving the non-periodic trigger signaling, and determining a Downlink Component Carrier (DL CC) requiring feedback according to the non-periodic trigger signaling; the UE triggering a non-periodic feedback of the determined DL CC. With the present invention, the problem that it is impossible to determine which downlink component carrier is to be fed back according to the non-periodic trigger signaling in the carrier aggregation scenario is solved, uplink feedback of the DL CC that is unnecessary to be fed back is effectively reduced, the base station can adjust resource allocation according to information fed back by the UE, and the performance of downlink data transmission is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Ping Zeng, Guanghui Yu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 8451790
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for transmitting downlink control information, wherein when a base station is not configured with a carrier indicator field, the base station transmits a physical downlink control channel bearing the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in a user equipment's physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrier set, and the user equipment detects the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the configured PDSCH carrier set. When a base station is configured with a carrier indicator field, the base station transmits the physical downlink control channel bearing the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the configured physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrier set, and the user equipment detects the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the PDCCH carrier set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Weijun Li, Guanghui Yu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Patent number: 8369302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for mapping a reference signal sequence in an advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, and the method and the system are used to map the reference signal sequence to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol of l. The method includes: when the system uses a normal cyclic prefix, determining the symbol l according to an expression, and mapping the reference signal sequence to a location of a sub-carrier k on the symbol l of an antenna port p. The system includes: a mapping module, a first acquiring module and a second acquiring module. The system and the method which are provided ensure the transmission performance while ensuring the interference randomization. In addition, the system and the method are compatible with existing LTE systems, thus realizing high-order Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission, supporting the usage of the corresponding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Guanghui Yu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20130028108
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for detecting downlink control information, including: when scheduling across carriers is enabled, determining by user equipment (UE) user-specific search space monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to component carrier indexes, wherein the component carrier indexes include component carrier indexes corresponding to various component carriers implementing scheduling across carrier and being scheduled across carriers. Also the present invention also provides an apparatus for detecting downlink control information, a user equipment and a network side device. The present invention solve the overlap problem of common search space and user-specific search space in Release 10 and solves the problem of determining a search space for the PDCCH in the situation of scheduling across carriers is enabled in Release 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Wu, Bo Dai, Ping Zeng, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20130010741
    Abstract: A method for transmitting control format indicator values includes RRC configuring CFI values and transmitting signalings related thereto with one of multiple modes. The modes include configuring one RRC signaling for each component carrier which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each subframe of said component carrier; configuring one RRC signaling respectively for each of subframe types designated by all component carriers which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each designated subframe type; configuring one RRC signaling respectively for each designated subframe type of each component carrier which can be cross-carrier scheduled for user equipment, to indicate a CFI value of each subframe type designated; and configuring one RRC signaling for each user equipment for which cross-carrier scheduling can be performed, to indicate the CFI values of all component carriers which can be cross-carrier scheduled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Ping Zeng, Xin Wu, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20120263052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for detecting downlink control information, which relates to the communication field. The method includes: during cross carrier scheduling, the user equipment (UE) determines a search space for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to the number of downlink component carriers in a PDCCH Monitoring Set and the number of downlink component carriers in a UE DL Component Carrier Set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Ping Zeng, Zhisong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20120250648
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sending a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which includes: performing a joint coding and modulation processing on Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information which is required to be sent simultaneously with Channel Status Information (CSI) information, and sending the modulated information to a base station by using the second pilot symbol of each slot of a plurality of orthogonal PUCCH resources. The present invention acquires a coding gain by the joint coding of the ACK/NACK information and makes the minimum Hamming distance extend, thereby enhancing the feedback quality of ACK/NACK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuqiang Xia, Dezhong Mi, Zhisong Zuo, Chunli Liang, Weiwei Yang
  • Publication number: 20120236799
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink transmission power control information are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting uplink transmission power control information of all uplink component carriers allocated to a user equipment (UE) to the UE by one downlink component carrier. By adopting the above technical scheme, it is implemented that the uplink transmission power control information is transmitted in a carrier aggregation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Dai, Xin Wu, Ping Zeng, Zhisong Zuo