公开(公告)号：US12289639B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17596618

申请日：2020-06-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Binita Gupta ,  Qian Li ,  Jing Zhu ,  Sangeetha L Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Puneet Jain ,  Necati Canpolat ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Alexander Sirotkin

IPC: H04W28/06 ,  H04W28/086 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A next generation NodeB (gNB) implements a radio access network (RAN) convergence functionality for new radio (NR) and wireless local area network (WLAN) access, the gNB further implementing a split architecture comprising a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU) for each of the NR access and WLAN access. The gNB receives a data packet for transmission to a user equipment (UE) implementing the RAN convergence functionality, the data packet comprising one of a control plane (CP) packet or a user plane (UP) packet. The gNB splits the data packet via a convergence layer residing on the NR CU or a convergence layer residing on the WLAN CU and transmits the split data packet over the NR access and the WLAN access.

公开(公告)号：US20220124542A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17423704

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qian Li ,  Binita Gupta ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Puneet Jain ,  Necati Canpolat ,  Sangeetha L. Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Alexander Sirotkin

IPC: H04W28/02

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.

公开(公告)号：US12058555B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17423704

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qian Li ,  Binita Gupta ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Puneet Jain ,  Necati Canpolat ,  Sangeetha L. Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Alexander Sirotkin

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W28/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.