公开(公告)号：US12279321B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US17755738

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive, from a base station of a wireless network, a deactivation indication indicating that a secondary cell group (SCG) of a dual connectivity (DC) wireless communications configuration has been deactivated, receive, from the base station, a remapping indication indicating that SCG data originally mapped to an SCG bearer should be remapped to an alternate bearer, remap the SCG data to the alternate bearer based on the remapping indication and transmit data over the alternate bearer.

公开(公告)号：US12267909B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17593591

申请日：2020-07-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhibin Wu ,  Adesh Kumar ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W8/00 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W92/18

Abstract: A first user equipment (UE) is capable of serving as a relay for a second UE using a sidelink connection. The first UE determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition associated with the first UE operating as a relay for a second UE, transmits a discovery message and monitors for a signal from the second UE in response to the discovery message.

公开(公告)号：US12245286B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17755590

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar

IPC: H04W74/0833 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive slice based RACH configuration information, wherein the selecting is based on the slice based RACH configuration information, determine that a first network slice and a second different network slice are in operation when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, initiate an access stratum (AS) triggered random access channel (RACH) procedure, select RACH resources associated with one of the first network slice or the second network slice for the RACH procedure based on the slice based RACH configuration information and transmit a signal over the RACH using the selected RACH resources.

公开(公告)号：US12231942B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18494423

申请日：2023-10-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing measurements of one or more cells during an small data transmission (SDT) procedure between a user equipment (UE) and a network when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) INACTIVE state are described herein. Beam and/or cell measurements taken during an SDT measurement period of the SDT procedure may be used to determine one or more respective cell qualities, among other possibilities. Beginnings and endings of the SDT measurement period, and the manner (timing) for taking measurements within the SDT measurement period, are also described. The cell qualities so determined can then be used to monitor, during the SDT measurement period, for a measurement event, which causes the UE to send a measurement report to the network having data determined using those cell qualities, and/or to send messaging intended to induce the network to change the RRC state of the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20250048486A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18748507

申请日：2024-06-20

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Peng Cheng ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Ping-Heng Kuo ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/40

Abstract: Systems and methods for multicast data traffic service continuity under multicast-broadcast services (MBS) operation during a radio resource control (RRC) state or mode transition are described. In some embodiments, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network, while in an RRC connected mode, an RRC release message comprising an RRC inactive mode point to multipoint (PTM) configuration that uses an MBS session to receive multicast data traffic while the UE is in an RRC inactive mode; enters the RRC inactive mode from the RRC connected mode in response to the RRC release message; and uses the RRC inactive mode PTM configuration to receive, from the network, the multicast data traffic of the MBS session while the UE is in the RRC inactive mode. Cases where a UE instead re-uses an RRC connected mode PTM configuration after transitioning to the RRC inactive mode are also described. Analogous network behaviors are described.

公开(公告)号：US12200553B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17593468

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Gerhard Kilian Eichiner ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/36

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may be configured with information to perform conditional handovers or addition/change of a primary secondary cell (PSCell). The UE receives a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration message from the source cell for conditional handover to the at least one target cell, the first RRC configuration message including conditional handover execution conditions, an RRC configuration and a target cell ID for each one of a list of target cells, performs measurements on the target cells to determine whether any one of the target cells fulfills its corresponding conditional handover execution conditions and, when a first target cell from the list of target cells fulfills its corresponding conditional handover execution conditions, initiates a handover to the first target cell.

公开(公告)号：US12177925B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17442092

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Zhibin Wu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Birgit Breining ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W76/20 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W92/18

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods enable layer 2 (L2) relaying optimizations for a remote user equipment (UE) to receive system information (SI) from a relay UE. The relay UE may establish a sidelink communication channel with the remote UE that is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, an RRC inactive state, or an out-of-coverage (OOC) state with respect to the base station. The relay UE decodes a relay SI request received through the sidelink communication channel from the first remote UE. The relay SI request indicates requested system information. The Relay UE obtains the requested system information or a subset of the requested system information from a memory device or from the base station and encodes a relay SI response to send to the first remote UE. The relay SI response includes the requested system information or the subset of the requested system information.

公开(公告)号：US12171038B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US18464076

申请日：2023-09-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A Lovlekar ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Haijing Hu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Longda Xing ,  Xu Ou ,  Li Su ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srinivas Burugupalli

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W76/38

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.

公开(公告)号：US20240406729A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18800797

申请日：2024-08-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Fangli Xu ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/67

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate improved security establishment procedures for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) direct connections. Various embodiments are employable at or comprise User Equipment, and can initiate and/or receive V2X security establishment connections wherein a receiving UE can reject the connection based on the initiating UE's capabilities/policy and/or the initiating UE can make the final decision regarding the connection based at least on receiving security policy and capability information from the receiving UE.

公开(公告)号：US12160857B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17593840

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen

IPC: H04W72/11 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: Aspects herein relate to wireless devices, circuits, and methods for indicating, by a wireless device, to a wireless station, an ability to support semi-persistent (SP) measurement gap (MG) configuration; receiving, from the wireless station, a SP MG configuration; receiving, from the wireless station, a message to activate the SP MG configuration; performing, in response to receiving the message to activate the SP MG configuration, a target carrier frequency measurement, wherein the target carrier frequency measurement is performed in accordance with the activated SP MG configuration; receiving from the wireless station, a message to deactivate the SP MG configuration; and discontinuing, in response to receiving the message to deactivate the SP MG configuration, the performance of the target carrier frequency measurement. In other aspects, the wireless device may indicate, to the wireless station, an ability to support aperiodic (AP) MG configuration, which does not require explicit deactivation by the wireless station.