Patents by Inventor Zihuan Chen

Zihuan Chen 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: 10177824
    Abstract: A signal processing method and a related device are provided. The signal processing method includes: determining that there are N directions for received signals corresponding to a same signal source; configuring beam directions of an antenna as the N directions; estimating delays of the N received signals received by using the antenna, and separately performing, by using the estimated delays of the N received signals, delay compensation on the N received signals to obtain N received signals obtained after delay compensation, where the N received signals are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N directions, and N is an integer greater than 1; and performing combining processing on the N received signals obtained after delay compensation. The technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention help increase a signal reception gain in a multipath scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Kun Li, Hao Long
  • Publication number: 20170338865
    Abstract: A signal processing method and a related device are provided. The signal processing method includes: determining that there are N directions for received signals corresponding to a same signal source; configuring beam directions of an antenna as the N directions; estimating delays of the N received signals received by using the antenna, and separately performing, by using the estimated delays of the N received signals, delay compensation on the N received signals to obtain N received signals obtained after delay compensation, where the N received signals are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N directions, and N is an integer greater than 1; and performing combining processing on the N received signals obtained after delay compensation. The technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention help increase a signal reception gain in a multipath scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Zihuan CHEN, Kun LI, Hao LONG
  • Patent number: 9510303
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method. The method includes: receiving, through N receive channels, N signals sent by a transmit end, where the N signals include a channel estimation sequence; determining a total receive power of an ith receive channel; determining a channel matrix according to a received channel estimation sequence; determining a useful receive power of the ith receive channel according to the channel matrix and the total receive power of the ith receive channel; determining, according to the channel matrix and a receive power that is required by single-channel communication, a receive power required by the ith receive channel; and sending a power adjustment message to the transmit end if the useful receive power of the ith receive channel does not match the receive power required by the ith receive channel, so that the transmit end adjusts a transmit power of an ith signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zihuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9510301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of information communication and control, and discloses a method and an apparatus for adjusting transmit power and used to resolve a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. The method provided by the present invention specifically includes: determining a path with worst signal quality according to signal quality information of each path; then, increasing transmit power of the path, or, decreasing transmit power of at least one path that produces strongest interference to the path with the worst signal quality; and finally, using a manner of cyclically adjusting signal transmit power to enable interference between the paths to meet a requirement of not affecting communications quality, thereby resolving a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly used in a data transmission process in a multipath system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Dafeng Tian, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 9444664
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, includes: performing channel estimation on a signal of a current channel to obtain channel information of the current channel, performing calculation processing on the channel information obtained in current channel estimation and channel information obtained in previous channel estimation to obtain a phase difference of the current channel information, dividing the phase difference of the current channel information by a time interval between two times of channel estimation to obtain residual frequency offset information of the current channel, adding the residual frequency offset information of the current channel and frequency offset information which is of the channel and obtained in a previous calculation to obtain frequency offset information of the current channel, and outputting the frequency offset information of the current channel, so as to perform frequency offset correction on the signal of the channel according to the current frequency offse
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Dafeng Tian, Xiaodong Li, Qiao Liu
  • Publication number: 20160212715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of information communication and control, and discloses a method and an apparatus for adjusting transmit power and used to resolve a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. The method provided by the present invention specifically includes: determining a path with worst signal quality according to signal quality information of each path; then, increasing transmit power of the path, or, decreasing transmit power of at least one path that produces strongest interference to the path with the worst signal quality; and finally, using a manner of cyclically adjusting signal transmit power to enable interference between the paths to meet a requirement of not affecting communications quality, thereby resolving a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly used in a data transmission process in a multipath system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Dafeng Tian, Jun Ma
  • Publication number: 20160174171
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method. The method includes: receiving, through N receive channels, N signals sent by a transmit end, where the N signals include a channel estimation sequence; determining a total receive power of an ith receive channel; determining a channel matrix according to a received channel estimation sequence; determining a useful receive power of the ith receive channel according to the channel matrix and the total receive power of the ith receive channel; determining, according to the channel matrix and a receive power that is required by single-channel communication, a receive power required by the ith receive channel; and sending a power adjustment message to the transmit end if the useful receive power of the ith receive channel does not match the receive power required by the ith receive channel, so that the transmit end adjusts a transmit power of an ith signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: ZIHUAN CHEN
  • Patent number: 9088442
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for sending and receiving service data, where the method includes: first, obtaining, by a sending end, a target modulation mode different from a current modulation mode; and then, generating, by the sending end, invalid data, and temporarily storing service data at the same time; and then, performing encapsulation and mapping on the invalid data, switching the current modulation mode to the target modulation mode, modulating encapsulated and mapped invalid data according to the target modulation mode, and sending modulated invalid data to a receiving end; and finally, after the sending end completes the encapsulation and mapping on the invalid data, performing encapsulation and mapping on the temporarily stored service data, modulating encapsulated and mapped service data according to the target modulation mode, and sending modulated service data to the receiving end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teng Ma, Zihuan Chen, Ning Liu
  • Publication number: 20140314162
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for sending and receiving service data, where the method includes: first, obtaining, by a sending end, a target modulation mode different from a current modulation mode; and then, generating, by the sending end, invalid data, and temporarily storing service data at the same time; and then, performing encapsulation and mapping on the invalid data, switching the current modulation mode to the target modulation mode, modulating encapsulated and mapped invalid data according to the target modulation mode, and sending modulated invalid data to a receiving end; and finally, after the sending end completes the encapsulation and mapping on the invalid data, performing encapsulation and mapping on the temporarily stored service data, modulating encapsulated and mapped service data according to the target modulation mode, and sending modulated service data to the receiving end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Teng MA, Zihuan CHEN, Ning LIU
  • Publication number: 20140023094
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, includes: performing channel estimation on a signal of a current channel to obtain channel information of the current channel, performing calculation processing on the channel information obtained in current channel estimation and channel information obtained in previous channel estimation to obtain a phase difference of the current channel information, dividing the phase difference of the current channel information by a time interval between two times of channel estimation to obtain residual frequency offset information of the current channel, adding the residual frequency offset information of the current channel and frequency offset information which is of the channel and obtained in a previous calculation to obtain frequency offset information of the current channel, and outputting the frequency offset information of the current channel, so as to perform frequency offset correction on the signal of the channel according to the current frequency offse
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan CHEN, Dafeng TIAN, Xiaodong LI, Qiao LIU
  • Patent number: 8582688
    Abstract: In the field of communications technologies, a method, an apparatus, and a system for channel estimation are provided. The method for channel estimation includes the following steps. An error signal returned by a terminal is received, where the error signal is an error signal of at least two tones in a downlink frequency band. Channels of the at least two tones are obtained according to the error signal. The channels of the at least two tones are interpolated, and channels of remaining tones in the downlink frequency band are obtained. In the method, the apparatus, and the system for channel estimation, a convergence speed of the channel estimation is improved by reducing data of error signals returned by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liming Fang, Dong Wei, Zihuan Chen, Raphael Cendrillon
  • Patent number: 8538474
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of adjusting transmission power are provided. Transmission power configuration information is acquired, where the transmission power configuration information includes a transmission power lower limit and a transmission power upper limit; modulation mode configuration information is acquired, where the modulation mode configuration information includes a lower limit modulation mode and an upper limit modulation mode; current channel information is acquired; calculation is performed according to the current channel information, the transmission power configuration information and the modulation mode configuration information to obtain first transmission power and a first modulation mode; and signal transmission is controlled according to the first transmission power and the first modulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Dafeng Tian, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 8391125
    Abstract: A method for managing a channel matrix is provided. The method includes: obtaining whether a user logs on or logs off; adding a history record of channel information of the user to a channel matrix when the user logs on; recording current channel information of the user in the channel matrix and deleting the channel information of the user from the channel matrix when the user logs off. The channel matrix may be timely updated based on when the user logs on or off. Accordingly, the channel crosstalk is eliminated timely and correctly according to the channel matrix, and the affection on the crosstalk eliminating capacity caused by the user logs on or logs off can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhou, Gouzhou Long, Dong Wei, Liming Fang, Zihuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8218614
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an electronic equalization and electronic depolarization method, a receiving end equipment, and a communication system. According to the embodiments of the present invention, parameters required by electronic equalization and electronic depolarization are calculated by detecting a Synchronization Sequence (SS) in a received signal, and then the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization are performed on the received signal in a frequency domain by utilizing the parameters, so as to solve a problem of the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization in a Polarization Division Multiplexing (PDM) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. Furthermore, the realization complexity of the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization performed in the frequency domain is greatly reduced relative to the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization performed in a time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihuan Chen, Lei Liu, Changsong Xie
  • Publication number: 20120020405
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an electronic equalization and electronic depolarization method, a receiving end equipment, and a communication system. According to the embodiments of the present invention, parameters required by electronic equalization and electronic depolarization are calculated by detecting a Synchronization Sequence (SS) in a received signal, and then the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization are performed on the received signal in a frequency domain by utilizing the parameters, so as to solve a problem of the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization in a Polarization Division Multiplexing (PDM) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. Furthermore, the realization complexity of the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization performed in the frequency domain is greatly reduced relative to the electronic equalization and the electronic depolarization performed in a time domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Zihuan CHEN, Lei Liu, Changsong Xie
  • Publication number: 20110090978
    Abstract: In the field of communications technologies, a method, an apparatus, and a system for channel estimation are provided. The method for channel estimation includes the following steps. An error signal returned by a terminal is received, where the error signal is an error signal of at least two tones in a downlink frequency band. Channels of the at least two tones are obtained according to the error signal. The channels of the at least two tones are interpolated, and channels of remaining tones in the downlink frequency band are obtained. In the method, the apparatus, and the system for channel estimation, a convergence speed of the channel estimation is improved by reducing data of error signals returned by the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Liming Fang, Dong Wei, Zihuan Chen, Raphael Cendrillon
  • Patent number: 7907506
    Abstract: A method and system for xDSL crosstalk cancellation is provided. The method includes dividing xDSL signals into a plurality of signal sets; and connecting signals from a same signal set to a same processing unit to be processed. A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a line switching control module and at least one processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liming Fang, Ying Li, Zihuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20090147666
    Abstract: A method and system for xDSL crosstalk cancellation is provided. The method includes dividing xDSL signals into a plurality of signal sets; and connecting signals from a same signal set to a same processing unit to be processed. A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a line switching control module and at least one processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Liming Fang, Ying Li, Zihuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20080317035
    Abstract: A method for managing a channel matrix is provided. The method includes: obtaining whether a user logs on or logs off; adding a history record of channel information of the user to a channel matrix when the user logs on; recording current channel information of the user in the channel matrix and deleting the channel information of the user from the channel matrix when the user logs off. The channel matrix may be timely updated based on when the user logs on or off. Accordingly, the channel crosstalk is eliminated timely and correctly according to the channel matrix, and the affection on the crosstalk eliminating capacity caused by the user logs on or logs off can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhou, Guozhu Long, Dong Wei, Liming Fang, Zihuan Chen