Patents by Inventor Zhu Ji

Zhu Ji 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: 20200323006
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Haijing Hu, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Xiangying Yang, Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Vijay Venkataraman, Christian W. Mucke
  • Publication number: 20200314748
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for configuring a power savings signal in fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) networks. The wireless device may transmit, to a base station within a network, power savings requirements and receiving, from the base station, a configuration of a power saving signal, where the configuration indicates one or more functionalities of the power saving signal. The wireless device may periodically receive, from the base station, the power saving signal and interpret the power saving signal based on the configuration. The configuration of the power saving signal may be received via radio resource control signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Jia Tang, Yang Li, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Patent number: 10791474
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for detecting a signal and powering off at least some receiver components if no signal is detected. A wireless device may take one or more measurements of one or more signals. The wireless device may determine, based on the measurements, whether a signal (e.g., a signal of a licensed assisted access cell) is anticipated during an upcoming time period, e.g., a subframe or portion of a subframe. If no signal is anticipated, the wireless device may power off at least some receiver functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Beibei Wang, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Jia Tang, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 10779276
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to dynamically indicate preference for self-contained slots and slot duration by a user equipment device (UE) in communication with a base station (e.g., a gNB) using a 5G NR radio access technology. A UE may determine to send an indication to a gNB indicating a preference for self-contained slots and slot duration for downlink and/or uplink communications utilizing one or more of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and/or acknowledgement messaging (ACK/NACK) for downlink communications, and utilizing one or more of the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the PDCCH, and/or the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for uplink communications. The configuration of self-contained slots and slot duration for uplink and/or downlink may be based on one or more of average packet size, average packet rate, traffic type and UE processing capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Yuchul Kim, Johnson O. Sebeni, Sami M. Almalfouh, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200281002
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform simultaneous uplink activity for multiple RATs in the same carrier using frequency division multiplexing. The wireless device may establish a first wireless link with a first base station according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second wireless link with a second base station according to a second RAT. The first base station may provide a first cell operating in a first system bandwidth and the second base station may provide a second cell operating in a second system bandwidth. The wireless device may determine whether the wireless device has uplink activity scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT. If so, the wireless device may perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT in the first system bandwidth using frequency division multiplexing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yang Li, Wei Zeng, Zhu Ji, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Yuchul Kim, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Xiangying Yang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu
  • Publication number: 20200274751
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for providing synchronization sequences. A first wireless device may transmit a preamble of a device-to-device wireless communication with a second wireless device. The preamble may include a first synchronization sequence. The first synchronization sequence may include multiple repetitions of a basis sequence, multiplied by a cover code. The basis sequence may span multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yang Li, Tianyan Pu, Li Su, Zhu Ji
  • Publication number: 20200267642
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for opportunistically depowering receiver chains of a wireless device. Based on control information, a device may determine whether the current number of active receiver chains can be reduced while maintaining a target achievable code rate for a period of data reception associated with the control information. Additionally, the device may generate and use a lookup table to determine whether to depower receiver chains, and which receiver chains to depower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tianyan Pu, Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri, Wei Zhang, Swaminathan Balakrishnan, Xiantao Sun, Beibei Wang, Manish G. Vemulapalli, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Sachin J. Sane
  • Patent number: 10750398
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event-based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event-based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Yang Li, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng, Jia Tang, Beibei Wang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200252949
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to dynamically adapt its bandwidth use using network scheduling information in a cellular communication system. A radio resource control connection between a cellular base station and a wireless device may be established. The wireless device may receive network scheduling information from the cellular base station. The wireless device may dynamically select a receive bandwidth for receiving transmissions from the cellular base station based at least in part on the network scheduling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Jia Tang, Yang Li, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhu Ji, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10736163
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to establish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Haijing Hu, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Xiangying Yang, Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Vijay Venkataraman, Christian W. Mucke
  • Patent number: 10728903
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems and methods for adaptive downlink scheduling and link adaptation. The methods including, at a base station connected to a user equipment (“UE”), determining an initial modulation and coding scheme (“MCS”) for a plurality of subframes to be transmitted to the UE, wherein each MCS relates to a coding rate value for the subframes, determining an MCS pattern for the plurality of subframes based on the initial MCS, wherein an MCS for one of the subframes has a higher coding rate value than the initial MCS, and transmitting the plurality of subframes to the UE according to the MCS pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yanxia Wang, Bing Zhao, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Patent number: 10728803
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) connected to a network that utilizes a first bandwidth for a plurality of network operations and assigns the UE a second bandwidth, within the first bandwidth, to utilize for communication with the network. The method including determining a third bandwidth within the first bandwidth that is narrower than the first bandwidth and wider than the second bandwidth and includes the second bandwidth, monitoring the third bandwidth for at least one reference signal transmitted by the network, and determining at least one value that corresponds to the connection between the UE and the network based on the at least one reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Publication number: 20200228189
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a UE to request a beam quality measurement procedure. A user equipment device may be configured to perform a method including performing transmitting a request to perform a beam quality measurement procedure for downlink receptions (e.g., a P3 procedure) to a base station/network entity, receiving instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure from the base station, and transmitting results of the beam quality measurement procedure to the base station. In some embodiments, transmission of the request may be response to at least one trigger condition and/or detection of a condition at the UE. The request may include an indication of a preferred timing offset. The instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure may include a schedule for the beam quality measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jia Tang, Beibei Wang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Johnson O. Sebeni, Pengkai Zhao, Ping Wang, Wei Zeng, Yang Li, Zhu Ji
  • Publication number: 20200229166
    Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Johnson O. Sebeni, Yang Li, Zhu Ji, Yuchul Kim, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Xiangying Yang, Li Su
  • Patent number: 10708002
    Abstract: A device, system and method for determining when to initiate certain operations associated with received data. The method is performed at a device connected to a network. The method includes estimating a first number of repetitions of a subframe which is associated with a likelihood that the device will successfully perform an operation based on the subframe. The method further includes delaying initiating the operation for the subframe until a received number of repetitions of the subframe is greater than or equal to the first number of repetitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Johnson O. Sebeni, Junsung Lim
  • Publication number: 20200195410
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method using a status change of a timer associated with a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a base station to trigger a switch from using a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP as the active BWP for the CDRX communication session. The timer may be an on-duration timer, an inactivity timer, or a retransmission timer. The UE may also alter a monitoring schedule of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in response to detecting the status change of the timer. The second BWP may have a wider or narrower bandwidth than the first BWP, depending on the type of timer and the type of status change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Yang Li, Yuchul Kim, Zhu Ji, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Patent number: 10680785
    Abstract: A method, device and integrated circuit for receiving signals in a narrow bandwidth range from a base station of a network, the narrow bandwidth range being a portion of an overall bandwidth range of the network and the signals comprising one or more of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) tones, determining whether a condition exists based on the one or more CRS tones, when the condition exists, extending the narrow bandwidth range to an extended narrow bandwidth range, the extended narrow bandwidth range including at least one further CRS tone than the narrow bandwidth range and monitoring the extended narrow bandwidth range to receive further signals comprising the at least one further CRS tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junsung Lim, Li Su, Johnson O. Sebeni, Yang Li, Young Jae Kim, Zhu Ji
  • Patent number: 10681643
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for opportunistically depowering receiver chains of a wireless device. Based on control information, a device may determine whether the current number of active receiver chains can be reduced while maintaining a target achievable code rate for a period of data reception associated with the control information. Additionally, the device may generate and use a lookup table to determine whether to depower receiver chains, and which receiver chains to depower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyan Pu, Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri, Wei Zhang, Swaminathan Balakrishnan, Xiantao Sun, Beibei Wang, Manish G. Vemulapalli, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Sachin J. Sane
  • Patent number: 10673541
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for a user equipment to mitigate interference in a wireless charging state. The user equipment may determine when the user equipment enters a wireless charging state and, when the user equipment enters the wireless charging state, activate an interference mitigation. The user equipment may further determine when the UE exits the wireless charging state and, when the user equipment exits the wireless charging state, deactivate the interference mitigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Nimmala, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Vijay Venkataraman, Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Sang Ho Baek, Yifan Zhu, Karthik Anantharaman, Rangakrishna Nallandigal, Sree Ram Kodali, Adesh Kumar, Xin Wang, Eyad Al-Shemali, Xiangpeng Jing, Sivaramachandran Ganesan, Longda Xing, Jianxiong Shi, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Beibei Wang, Sunny Arora
  • Patent number: 10666489
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for providing synchronization sequences. A first wireless device may transmit a preamble of a device-to-device wireless communication with a second wireless device. The preamble may include a first synchronization sequence. The first synchronization sequence may include multiple repetitions of a basis sequence, multiplied by a cover code. The basis sequence may span multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Tianyan Pu, Li Su, Zhu Ji