公开(公告)号：US11974347B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17891408

申请日：2022-08-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Longda Xing ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/30

CPC classification number: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/30

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing radio resource control procedures for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A remote wireless device may transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to a cellular base station to a relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may also transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the remote wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US11956846B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17250476

申请日：2020-01-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Zhibin Wu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W76/25 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W92/18

CPC classification number: H04W76/25 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W92/18

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to a user equipment (UE) performing radio link monitoring of a sidelink. The UE may transmit a signal over the sidelink and receive an indication of a type of hybrid automatic repeating request (HARQ) feedback in response to the signal. The UE may then generate a radio link metric associated with the sidelink based on the type of HARQ feedback. The UE may determine that the radio link metric satisfies a predetermined threshold and initiate a keep alive procedure for the sidelink based on the radio link metric satisfying the predetermined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20240107433A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18467591

申请日：2023-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Alexander Sirotkin ,  Behrouz Aghili ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Peng Cheng ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Vivek G. Gupta ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/0808

Abstract: The present application relates to apparatus, systems, and methods to provide a service based interface in wireless communication systems.

公开(公告)号：US20240073748A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17764586

申请日：2021-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/08

CPC classification number: H04W36/0061 ,  H04W36/0058 ,  H04W36/08

Abstract: A method for a network element is provided. The method comprises: encoding a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) including neighbor cell configuration information that includes a list of a plurality of neighbor cell groups, wherein each of the plurality of neighbor cell groups is associated with a specific cell; and transmitting the message to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US11910457B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US16739952

申请日：2020-01-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Haitong Sun ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Longda Xing ,  Xu Ou

IPC: H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W80/08 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W92/18

CPC classification number: H04W76/18 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W80/08 ,  H04W92/18

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing unicast sidelink access stratum level connection maintenance. A first wireless device and a second wireless device may establish a unicast sidelink wireless connection. One or both of the first wireless device and the second wireless device may perform access stratum level connection maintenance on the unicast sidelink wireless connection. This may include performing any or all of radio link monitoring, radio resource management, or physical layer based link quality detection. The access stratum and the non-access stratum of each device may also communicate with each other regarding either or both of link quality or link status of the unicast sidelink wireless connection.

公开(公告)号：US20240056867A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

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 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W74/0833

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：US20240049009A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18313651

申请日：2023-05-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W24/04 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W40/22

CPC classification number: H04W24/04 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W40/22 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a baseband processor or other network device can operate in a new radio (NR) unlicensed network can operate to communicate in a UE to UE (U2U) relay path through a first relay UE with another UE as a source or destination UE according to a direct communication request initiating from the source UE. The UE can further perform a U2U relay reselection to a second relay UE in response to a trigger condition, either as a source UE or a destination UE.

公开(公告)号：US11895495B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17057622

申请日：2018-06-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiangying Yang ,  Elliot S. Briggs ,  Samuel D. Post ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Li Li ,  Lijia Zhang ,  Shu Guo ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W12/069 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W12/73 ,  H04W12/108 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W12/069 ,  H04W12/108 ,  H04W12/73 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques, base stations, and user equipment devices (UEs) for performing base station authentication through access stratum signaling transmissions. The UE may operate in idle mode and may receive an authentication message from a base station through the wireless interface while operating in idle mode. The UE may determine whether a signature comprised within the authentication message is valid, and the UE may continue a connection procedure with the base station based on a determination that the signature is valid. If it is determined that the signature is invalid, the UE may designate the base station as a barred base station and may perform cell re-selection. The authentication message may be one of a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup message, a special RRC message, a media access control (MAC) message, or a random access channel (RACH) message comprising a random access response (RAR) message.

公开(公告)号：US11863982B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US18150771

申请日：2023-01-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W12/122 ,  H04W12/069 ,  H04W12/72 ,  H04W12/0433 ,  H04W12/03 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/16 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W12/02

CPC classification number: H04W12/069 ,  H04L9/0822 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L9/0844 ,  H04L9/0891 ,  H04L9/16 ,  H04L9/3228 ,  H04W12/02 ,  H04W12/03 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04W12/0433 ,  H04W12/122 ,  H04W12/72

Abstract: Techniques to protect a subscriber identity, by encrypting a subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) to form one-time use subscription concealed identifiers (SUCIs) using a set of one-time ephemeral asymmetric keys, generated by a user equipment (UE), and network provided keys are disclosed. Encryption of the SUPI to form the SUCIs can mitigate snooping by rogue network entities, such as fake base stations. The UE is restricted from providing the unencrypted SUPI over an unauthenticated connection to a network entity. In some instances, the UE uses a trusted symmetric fallback encryption key KFB or trusted asymmetric fallback public key PKFB to verify messages from an unauthenticated network entity and/or to encrypt the SUPI to form a fallback SUCIFB for communication of messages with the unauthenticated network entity.

公开(公告)号：US20230421999A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18464582

申请日：2023-09-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Hajing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Ralf Rossbach

IPC: H04W4/06 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L1/1607

CPC classification number: H04W4/06 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L1/1642

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting switching between point to point and point to multipoint delivery with service continuity for broadcast and multicast services in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station and a wireless device may establish a wireless link. The cellular base station may provide information configuring an over the air delivery type with which to receive a broadcast or multicast service, which may be received by the wireless device. The cellular base station may transmit the service using the configured delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service. The cellular base station may provide information configuring the wireless device to switch to a different over the air delivery type, with service continuity. The cellular base station may then transmit the service using that delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service.