公开(公告)号：US09860829B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US14978295

申请日：2015-12-22

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Hui Liang ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Tong Zhang ,  Xin Guo ,  Jinhui Chen ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W72/02

CPC classification number: H04W48/16 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L5/0073 ,  H04L5/0091 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W72/02

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a management apparatus and a method for wireless communication as well as an apparatus and a method for wireless communication. The management apparatus includes: a determining module, configured to select a communication unit satisfying a predetermined condition from among a communication unit cluster managed by the management apparatus, and determine interference information or load information of at least part of resource blocks corresponding to the communication unit.

公开(公告)号：US09854452B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US15303281

申请日：2015-04-22

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Qimei Cui ,  Mingliang Tao ,  Hui Liang

IPC: H04W40/00 ,  H04W16/26 ,  H04W16/10 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W92/20

CPC classification number: H04W16/26 ,  H04J11/0023 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L5/1469 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L69/28 ,  H04W16/10 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W28/0278 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/20

Abstract: A device and method for clustering small cells in a time division duplex network, and a base station including the device. The device includes: a request receiving unit, configured to receive from a small cell base station a clustering request for implementing dynamic clustering; and a clustering determining unit, configured to determine whether to implement clustering at least based on the clustering request.

公开(公告)号：US09756506B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14692938

申请日：2015-04-22

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Qimei Cui ,  Mingliang Tao ,  Hui Liang

IPC: H04W16/18 ,  H04W16/24 ,  H04L5/14

CPC classification number: H04W16/18 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W16/10 ,  H04W16/24

Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for clustering small cells in TDD networks and a base station including the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an information acquiring unit, configured to acquire a transmitting feature among the small cells in the TDD networks and uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell; and a clustering unit, configured to clustering the small cells based on the transmitting feature among the small cells and the uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell acquired by the information acquiring unit, to obtain at least one small cell cluster.

公开(公告)号：US11356970B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16848861

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Shiyu Zhang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Hui Liang ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/10 ,  H04L65/40

Abstract: A device and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes: a source device sends a request message to a base station, the request message being used for requesting the base station to allocating a resource; a node device that is synchronous with the source device sends synchronous information to at least one target device, so that the at least one target device establishes time synchronization with the source device according to the synchronous information, wherein the node device is a road-side device or an in-car device capable of communicating; the source device informs the at least one target device of a resource allocated by the base station; and the source device sends service information to the at least one target device by utilizing the resource.

公开(公告)号：US11012840B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16246566

申请日：2019-01-14

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Hui Liang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors. The processors are configured so as to: on the basis of auxiliary dissemination limitation information about a source device as an information dissemination source, acquire device information about candidate devices capable of establishing direct communication with the source device; on the basis of the locations of the source device and the candidate devices, select a target device for establishing direct communication with the source device from the candidate devices; and determine a transmission resource for direct communication with the target device and generate a transmission resource scheduling indication.

公开(公告)号：US10484839B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15321822

申请日：2015-06-25

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Qimei Cui ,  Tong Zhang ,  Zhongbin Qin ,  Weijuan Gao ,  Hui Liang ,  Qinyan Jiang

IPC: H04W4/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W16/18 ,  H04W16/28

Abstract: A communications apparatus, a base station, and a communications method. The communications apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: group users in a 3D beam-forming space of a current cell into multiple space user groups; determine group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell; notify a neighbor cell of the group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell to assist inter-cell interference coordination, wherein the current cell is configured with an antenna array having multiple physical antennas to achieve 3D beam-forming.

公开(公告)号：US10667225B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US15769954

申请日：2016-10-25

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Shiyu Zhang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Hui Liang ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/10

Abstract: A device and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes: a source device sends a request message to a base station, the request message being used for requesting the base station to allocating a resource; a node device that is synchronous with the source device sends synchronous information to at least one target device, so that the at least one target device establishes time synchronization with the source device according to the synchronous information, wherein the node device is a road-side device or an in-car device capable of communicating; the source device informs the at least one target device of a resource allocated by the base station; and the source device sends service information to the at least one target device by utilizing the resource.

公开(公告)号：US10517052B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US15572513

申请日：2016-03-21

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Hui Liang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A wireless communication equipment and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication equipment used for a user equipment side includes one or more processors. The processors are configured to determine indication information about a type of another user equipment carried in a synchronizing signal from the user equipment, the type including a first type and a second type. The processors are also configured to determine, based on the indication information, corresponding device-to-device communication operation of a user equipment aiming at another user equipment.

公开(公告)号：US10412563B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15579040

申请日：2016-05-24

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Hui Liang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors. The processors are configured so as to: on the basis of auxiliary dissemination limitation information about a source device as an information dissemination source, acquire device information about candidate devices capable of establishing direct communication with the source device; on the basis of the locations of the source device and the candidate devices, select a target device for establishing direct communication with the source device from the candidate devices; and determine a transmission resource for direct communication with the target device and generate a transmission resource scheduling indication.

公开(公告)号：US10582429B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15770405

申请日：2016-10-31

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yanzhao Hou ,  Qimei Cui ,  Shiyu Zhang ,  Shiwei Cao ,  Hui Liang ,  Qinyan Jiang ,  Xin Guo ,  Chen Sun

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/32

Abstract: A wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. A wireless communication device for use in a user equipment side includes one or more processors. The processor is configured to: obtain information about movement of the wireless communication device relative to a serving base station thereof; adjust a triggering condition for sending a measurement report for use in cell handover based on the information; and control sending of the measurement report according to the adjusted triggering condition.