Methods for conforming non-terrestrial network communication to terrestrial standards and regulations

    公开(公告)号:US12088401B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US17716841

    申请日:2022-04-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/18513 H04B7/18519 H04W72/0453

    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.

    UE signal to interference power ratio detection for network scheduling assistance

    公开(公告)号:US12047991B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17504237

    申请日:2021-10-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/542 H04W76/30

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.

    UE SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE POWER RATIO DETECTION FOR NETWORK SCHEDULING ASSISTANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230100287A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17902663

    申请日:2022-09-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.

    TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION FOR INTRA-FREQUENCY BAND COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220330246A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17846943

    申请日:2022-06-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operating transceiver circuitry to transmit or receive signals on various frequency ranges. To do so, an electronic device may determine a receive delay between one or more messages received on different component carriers and may transmit the receive delay to a base station to update how communications are transmitted on one of the component carriers. The update made to at least one of the component carriers may compensate for the receive delay between the different component carriers. Compensating for the receive delay may improve operations that delay downlink communications to reduce a likelihood or stop simultaneous downlink and uplink communications by further adjusting for delays seen at an electronic device when communicating with base stations disposed at a different distances from the electronic device.

    Methods for conforming non-terrestrial network communication to terrestrial standards and regulations

    公开(公告)号:US12219500B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17716824

    申请日:2022-04-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.

    UE SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE POWER RATIO DETECTION FOR NETWORK SCHEDULING ASSISTANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240365367A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18767691

    申请日:2024-07-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/542 H04W76/30

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.

    Systems and methods for high power operation in user equipment

    公开(公告)号:US12101180B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17503039

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L1/0025 H04L5/1469 H04L5/16

    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for high power operation in user equipment. The user equipment may indicate to a network high power capability of the user equipment. Based on an uplink signal strength of the user equipment, the network may send a command to the user equipment to transmit using the high power user equipment (HPUE) operation in half-duplex frequency division duplex (HD-FDD) mode. The network may also send a signal for the user equipment to return to a default power mode based on the uplink signal strength. The user equipment may then reconfigure to the default power in full-duplex frequency division duplex (FD-FDD) mode. The user equipment may also send an indication of an uplink duty cycle which indicates the ratio of uplink allocations corresponding to uplink transmissions relative to total uplink and downlink allocations.

    Multiple SIM card operation of an electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US12035413B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17872849

    申请日:2022-07-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W8/183 H04W60/00 H04W68/005 H04W76/28

    Abstract: An electronic device discussed herein may communicatively couple to a base station. The base station may receive a first paging cycle assignment corresponding to a first subscriber identification module (SIM) card and determine a second paging cycle assignment for use with a second SIM card. The second paging cycle assignment may be generated based on the first paging cycle assignment. The base station may communicate with the electronic device using the second paging cycle assignment. The second paging cycle assignment may guide the base station to transmit data to the electronic device without interrupting a transmission made according to the first paging cycle assignment.

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