Inventor

Huaning Niu

Inventor

Milpitas, CA, US

Overview

2009–2020

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 216 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Wprimary

H04WWireless communication networks28%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication25%

H04BTransmission21%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use9%

H04JMultiplex communication4%

H01QAntennas, i.e. radio aerials3%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television3%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications2%

H03MCoding2%

G06FElectric digital data processing1%

PatentTitleYear

10,880,717Demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence design for device-to-device (D2D) discovery2020 10,880,047Systems, methods and devices for link adaptation and reducing hybrid automatic repeat request overhead2020 10,868,596Multiple beam multiple-input-multiple-output system2020 10,868,627Device and method of configurable synchronization signal and channel design2020 10,856,282Interlaces allocation and indication2020 10,849,023Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for requesting and sending block acknowledgement2020 10,841,910Physical downlink control channel for fifth-generation networks2020 10,841,808Apparatus and medium for enabling multi-carrier operation2020 10,841,978Enhanced self-contained time-division duplex subframe structure2020 10,812,163CSI (channel state information) enhancements for FD (full dimension)-MIMO (multiple input multiple output)2020 10,798,687Scheduling uplink transmission outside of a transmission opportunity2020 10,797,771Reference signal for receive beam refinement in cellular systems2020 10,785,803RACH procedure and configuration for unlicensed EMTC system2020 10,784,946Communication device and method for selecting a beam direction2020 10,784,942System and method for beamed reference signal with hybrid beam2020 10,764,869Channel configuration and downlink/uplink configuration for narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) systems2020 10,750,491Semi-persistent scheduling for autonomous transmission activation and release2020 10,749,577Enabling a secondary cell in a massive MIMO system2020 10,742,297CQI and PMI offset for unlicensed EMTC transmission2020 10,743,371Syncrhonization signals for multefire narrowband internet-of-things (MF NB-IoT) operation in unlicensed spectrum2020 10,720,982Measurement of beam refinement signal2020 10,715,298Enhanced resource mapping scheme2020 10,687,269Architecture for wireless network access2020 10,687,323Beamformed physical downlink control channel2020 10,666,343Reference signals for initial acquisition in 5G systems2020 10,652,834Distributed link scheduling technique for device to device communication2020 10,631,142Systems, methods, and devices for extending range of wireless networks2020 10,631,281Transmission designs for radio access technologies2020 10,631,256Power headroom of grantless uplink2020 10,623,051Frequency hopping pattern for unlicensed internet-of-things system2020 10,602,374User equipment (UE) and methods for dynamic millimeter wave pencil cell communication2020 10,581,537Devices and methods for robust measurement and data receiving2020 10,581,503Method, apparatus and system for reporting beam reference signal receiving power2020 10,560,229ACK/NACK signals for next generation LTE devices and systems2020 10,560,301Apparatuses for DMRS design or processing for guard interval or zero tail DFT spread OFDM systems2020 10,554,279Device and method for synchronous beam switching2020 10,542,411UE-based D2D discovery2020 10,531,493Low latency contention based scheduling request2020 10,530,447User equipment (UE) and methods for communication using directional transmission and reception2020 10,511,374System and method for control channel beam assumption2019 10,506,635Frame structure for uplink scheduling2019 10,461,877Device and method of configurable synchronization signal and channel design2019 10,461,979Subframe structure for discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (S-OFDM) waveforms2019 10,455,482Flexible adjustment of uplink and downlink ratio configuration2019 10,419,258Systems and methods for Wi-Fi high efficiency preambles for multi-user multi-input multi-output resource allocation2019 10,404,333Device and method for controlling antenna elements of an antenna array2019 10,396,864Reference signals, measurements, and demodulation architectures and methods2019 10,390,354Evolved node-B (eNB), user equipment (UE) and methods for flexible duplex communication2019 10,389,563Systems and methods for Wi-Fi high efficiency preambles for resource unit allocation2019 10,382,111Beam interpolation in massive MIMO systems2019 10,375,727Signal designs for D2D subframes2019 10,326,514Reference signals for initial acquisition in 5G systems2019 10,321,294Signaling for proximity services and D2D discovery in an LTE network2019 10,306,508System and method of rank adaptation in MIMO communication system2019 10,278,057Network assisted device to device discovery2019 10,257,761User equipment and method for cell association and beamforming training with a mmwave capable small cell2019 10,251,187Resource allocation for D2D discovery in an LTE network2019 10,231,232Remote radio unit and baseband unit for asymetric radio area network channel processing2019 10,219,230Performing multiple timing advance adjustments in a carrier aggregation communication system2019 10,219,181Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for requesting and sending block acknowledgement2019 10,178,605Enhanced node B and method of transmitting physical-downlink control channels (PDCCHs) in a LTE-A system2019 10,142,894Interworking/co-existence of integrated WLAN/3GPP RAT architectures with legacy WLAN/3GPP interworking solutions2018 10,091,709Prioritized synchronization signals and mechanism for distributed device-to-device systems2018 10,091,818User equipment configured to provide synchronization information for sidelink D2D communications using allocated resource units2018 10,075,985Uplink synchronization with assisted mmWAVE enhanced node B2018 10,070,383Improving carrier aggregation performance2018 10,064,064LTE-U communication devices and methods for aperiodic beacon and reference signal transmission2018 10,064,242Modified architecture for cloud radio access networks and approach for compression of front-haul data2018 10,057,777Slicing architecture for wireless communication2018 10,057,924High efficiency signal field in high efficiency wireless local area network2018 10,051,543Moving ad hoc network small cell relay handover2018 10,051,611Network scheduled device to device communication2018 10,051,509Reference signal generation and determining reference signal resource allocation2018 10,044,421Wireless communication via combined channel training and physical layer header signaling2018 10,045,192Network assisted device to device discovery2018 10,045,369Apparatus, method and system of multi-user downlink transmission2018 10,034,195System and method of rank adaptation in MIMO communication system2018 10,027,394Beamforming using base and differential codebooks2018 10,009,864Forming carrier aggregation timing advance groups in a heterogeneous network2018 9,999,063Resource allocation for D2D discovery in an LTE network2018 9,999,018Forming carrier aggregation timing advance groups in a heterogeneous network2018 9,974,048Systems, methods, and devices for distributed scheduling for device-to-device interference mitigation2018 9,973,916UE-based D2D discovery2018 9,967,773Padding in high-efficiency signal B in a high efficiency wireless local area networks2018 9,967,894Resource allocation for D2D discovery in an LTE network2018 9,961,646Devices and method using transmit power control and scheduling for LTE unlicensed band operation2018 9,942,793Systems and methods for contention management and quality of service estimation in heterogeneous wireless networks2018 9,936,521User equipment configured to provide synchronization information for sidelink D2D Communications using allocated resource units2018 9,930,656'Cell search and synchronization in millimeter-wave capable small cells'2018 9,888,445'Devices and method using transmit power control and scheduling for LTE unlicensed band operation'2018 9,877,174Systems, methods, and devices for extending range of wireless networks2018 9,872,233'Devices and method for retrieving and utilizing neighboring WLAN information for LTE LAA operation'2018 9,860,909'Tentative grant for efficient device-to-device communications'2018 9,860,732'User equipment and method for packet based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network'2018 9,853,845Apparatus, method, and computer readable media for indicating a communication protocol and information in a signal field2017 9,838,984Power control method and system for wireless networks2017 9,826,391'Low power device to device transmission'2017 9,826,539'Resource allocation for D2D discovery in an LTE network'2017 9,794,821'Channel reservation for operation in an unlicensed spectrum'2017 9,794,859'Flexible adjustment of uplink and downlink ratio configuration'2017 9,788,186'Signaling for proximity services and D2D discovery in an LTE network'2017 9,774,436'Systems, methods and devices for selective interference coordination in a cellular protocol'2017 9,775,045'Slicing architecture for wireless communication'2017 9,774,482'High efficiency signal field enhancement'2017 9,722,683'Mobile device transmitter and methods for transmitting signals in different signal dimensions for 3GPP LTE'2017 9,712,217'Parallel channel training in multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output system'2017 9,706,469'Radio resource control (RRC) protocol for cell selection and traffic steering for integrated WLAN/3GPP radio access technologies'2017 9,680,543'Beamforming using base and differential codebooks'2017 9,680,678'Communication systems and methods'2017 9,681,428'Down-sampling of cell-specific reference signals (CRS) for a new carrier type (NCT)'2017 9,681,487'Signal designs for D2D subframes'2017 9,661,658'Multi-access scheme and signal structure for D2D communications'2017 9,635,610'Uplink power control signaling with carrier aggregation'2017 9,609,566'Radio resource control (RRC) protocol for integrated WLAN/3GPP radio access technologies'2017 9,609,502'Adaptive silencing mechanism for device-to-device (D2D) discovery'2017 9,602,980'Techniques for hierarchical encoding for multicast broadcast services in wireless communication systems'2017 9,578,616'Forming carrier aggregation timing advance groups in a heterogeneous network'2017 9,572,171'Systems, methods, and devices for efficient device-to-device channel contention'2017 9,560,574'User equipment and method for transmit power control for D2D tranmissions'2017 9,549,378'Power loading in MU-MIMO'2017 9,531,455'Feedback scheme for MU-MIMO'2016 9,504,088'Systems, methods, and devices for device-to-device discovery'2016 9,504,084'Method to support an asymmetric time-division duplex (TDD) configuration in a heterogeneous network (HetNet)'2016 9,497,713'Accurate uplink power control for CoMP and C-RAN'2016 9,497,651'Techniques for mmWave-capable small cell detection'2016 9,480,073'Method for improving short-term fairness and efficiency in wireless local area networks'2016 9,467,819'Multicast service using unicast subframe'2016 9,462,607'Apparatus, method and system of multi-user uplink transmission'2016 9,456,406'Cell discovery and wake up through device-to-device discovery protocols'2016 9,451,604'Signaling and channel designs for D2D communications'2016 9,445,299'System and method of rank adaptation in MIMO communication system'2016 9,419,694'Beamforming using base and differential codebooks'2016 9,398,551'Performing multiple timing advance adjustments in a carrier aggregation communication system'2016 9,398,484'UE, eNB and method for channel access priority for distributed D2D'2016 9,391,361'Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network'2016 9,370,018'Techniques for uplink power control'2016 9,363,780'System and method of uplink power control in a wireless communication system'2016 9,356,979'Time and frequency synchronization for LTE-advanced new carrier type'2016 9,351,229'Moving ad hoc network small cell relay handover'2016 9,326,122'User equipment and method for packet based device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network'2016 9,300,504'Mobile device transmitter and methods for transmitting signals in different signal dimensions for 3GPP LTE'2016 9,271,293'Bidirectional iterative beam forming'2016 9,264,980'Carrier segment support for wireless networks'2016 9,231,723'Coordinated dynamic point selection (DPS) with cell range expansion in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) system'2016 9,225,478'Supporting measurments and feedback for 3D MIMO with data transmission optimization'2015 9,204,369'Enhanced node B and method for configuring an extension carrier'2015 9,178,588'Method for determining a transmission direction for a communication, a method for determining a precoding matrix for a communication, and a device configured to do the same'2015 9,166,849'Large delay cyclic delay diversity (CDD) precoder for open loop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)'2015 9,155,097'Methods and arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network'2015 9,125,091'Supported, self-optimizing wireless networks, optimized with respect to energy, mobility, and capacity'2015 9,112,669'Feedback scheme for MU-MIMO'2015 9,112,758'Remote radio unit (RRU) and base band unit (BBU)'2015 9,100,976'Device-to-device distributed scheduling'2015 9,042,322'Beamforming using base and differential codebooks'2015 8,929,268'Techniques for hierarchical encoding for multicast broadcast services in wireless communication systems'2015 8,917,208'System and method for efficient transmit and receive beamforming protocol with heterogeneous antenna configuration'2014 8,918,137'Power loading in MU-MIMO'2014 8,897,702'Mobility measurement using CSI-RS in additional carrier'2014 8,817,733'Mobile proxy for cloud radio access network'2014 8,811,258'Enhanced local communications in mobile broadband networks'2014 8,798,681'Combined omni- and directional-communications in high-frequency wireless networks'2014 8,730,827'Estimating quality of a signal in mobile wireless communication systems'2014 8,626,080'Bidirectional iterative beam forming'2014 8,619,612'Measurement and feedback calculation for wireless communication network'2013 8,611,380'System and method for digital communications using multiple parallel encoders'2013 8,594,691'Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network'2013 8,554,261'Power loading in MU-MIMO'2013 8,547,955'Feedback scheme for MU-MIMO'2013 8,510,358'Partially random permutation sequence generator'2013 8,498,252'Midamble for wireless networks'2013 8,462,864'OFDM transmitter and methods for reducing the effects of severe interference with symbol loading'2013 8,446,971'Communication station and method for efficiently providing channel feedback for MIMO communications'2013 8,417,191'Method and system for beamforming communication in high throughput wireless communication systems'2013 8,412,096'Bidirectional iterative beam forming'2013 8,401,590'Combined omni- and directional-communications in high-frequency wireless networks'2013 8,397,126'Systems and methods for channel coding of wireless communication'2013 8,359,512'Interference avoidance with synchronous HARQ and persistent scheduling'2013 8,315,183'Channel quality indexing and reverse indexing'2012 8,315,204'Beamforming using base and differential codebooks'2012 8,279,813'Method and apparatus of subchannelization of wireless communication system'2012 8,261,151'Dynamic interference avoidance with asynchronous HARQ'2012 8,249,513'System and method for training different types of directional antennas that adapts the training sequence length to the number of antennas'2012 8,223,873'System and method for acquiring beamforming vectors using training sequences with adaptive spreading gains'2012 8,189,627'System and method for digital communications using multiple parallel encoders'2012 8,127,206'System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having reed-solomon code error concealment'2012 8,116,819'Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network'2012 8,111,670'System and method for processing wireless high definition video data using remainder bytes'2012 8,107,552'System and method of wireless communication of uncompressed video having a fast fourier transform-based channel interleaver'2012 8,107,545'Method and system for phase tracking in wireless communication systems'2012 8,068,844'Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network'2011 8,027,702'Combined omni- and directional- communications in high-frequency wireless networks'2011 7,987,415'Method and system for application of unequal error protection to uncompressed video for transmission over wireless channels'2011 7,978,134'System and method for efficient transmit and receive beamforming protocol with heterogeneous antenna configuration'2011 7,974,178'Pilot method for 802.16m'2011 7,929,918'System and method for training the same type of directional antennas that adapts the training sequence length to the number of antennas'2011 7,898,478'Method and system for analog beamforming in wireless communication systems'2011 7,889,707'Method and system for unequal error protection with block codes for wireless transmission'2011 7,860,128'System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having a preamble design'2010 7,826,436'Method and system for wireless communication of data with a fragmentation pattern and low-density parity-check codes'2010 7,751,493'Method for rate adaptation with extended MCS set for wideband eigen-beamforming transmission'2010 7,751,506'Method for the soft bit metric calculation with linear MIMO detection for LDPC codes'2010 7,729,438'Interleaver design for IEEE 802.11n standard'2010 7,715,803'Methods and apparatus for constant-power loading asymmetric antenna configuration'2010 7,714,781'Method and system for analog beamforming in wireless communication systems'2010 7,714,783'Method and system for analog beamforming in wireless communications'2010 7,707,479'Method of generating structured irregular low density parity checkcodes for wireless systems'2010 7,688,908'System and method for processing wireless high definition video data using a shortened last codeword'2010 7,661,037'LDPC concatenation rules for IEEE 802.11n systems'2010 7,657,244'Methods of antenna selection for downlink MIMO-OFDM transmission over spatial correlated channels'2010 7,627,051'Method of maximizing MIMO system performance by joint optimization of diversity and spatial multiplexing'2009 7,627,059'Method of robust timing detection and carrier frequency offset estimation for OFDM systems'2009 7,620,067'Method of switching transmission modes in IEEE 802.11n MIMO communication systems'2009 7,620,880'LDPC concatenation rules for IEEE 802.11n system with packets length specified in OFDM symbols'2009 7,616,699'Method of soft bit metric calculation with direct matrix inversion MIMO detection'2009 7,613,243'Interleaver and parser for OFDM MIMO systems'2009 7,584,406'LDPC concatenation rules for IEEE 802.11n system with packets length specific in octets'2009

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2009–2014Patents assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (33)· patent assignee history

2009–2010Based in Santa Clara, CA, US· patent location history

2010–2014Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history

2011–2020Patents assigned to INTEL CORP (85)· patent assignee history

2011–2020Patents assigned to NIU HUANING (60)· patent assignee history

2011–2020Based in Milpitas, CA, US· patent location history

2015–2020Patents assigned to INTEL IP CORP (81)· patent assignee history

2018–2020Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2018Based in CA, US· patent location history

2020Patents assigned to APPLE INC (27)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INTEL CORP	85	2011–2020
INTEL IP CORP	81	2015–2020
NIU HUANINGself	60	2011–2020
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	33	2009–2014
APPLE INC	27	2020

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Milpitas, California, US	165	2011–2020
San Jose, California, US	22	2018–2020
Sunnyvale, California, US	14	2010–2014
Santa Clara, California, US	14	2009–2010
California, US	1	2018