公开(公告)号：US11985530B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17440664

申请日：2021-05-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  G01S7/00 ,  G01S13/00 ,  G01S13/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/12 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/18 ,  H04W36/30

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  G01S7/006 ,  G01S13/003 ,  G01S13/04

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for performing body proximity sensing operations based on uplink or measurement gaps.

公开(公告)号：US11968574B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US17593519

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: H04W8/22 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0088 ,  H04W8/22

Abstract: A UE for a 5G system is to perform a measurement during a network controlled small gap (NCSG). The NCSG includes a first visible interruption length (VIL1), a measurement length (ML), a second visible interruption length (VIL2), and a visible interruption repetition period (VIRP). A UE capability indicates a length of one or both the VIL1 and the VIL2. NCSG pattern information provides the NCSG for the UE, in which the VIL1 and the VIL2 indicate when the UE is not expected to transmit and receive data on a serving carrier, the ML indicates when the UE is expected to transmit and receive data on the serving carrier, and the VIRP indicates a period in which to repeat the NCSG.

公开(公告)号：US11963056B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17593228

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Qiming Li ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30

CPC classification number: H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/0033 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30

Abstract: Layer 2 handling during a cell change procedure includes decoding an RRC reconfiguration message received from a first cell. The RRC reconfiguration message includes a Layer 1 (L1) configuration corresponding to a second cell. The first cell and the second cell share an SDAP entity, a PDCP entity, an RLC entity, and a MAC entity. The first cell and the second cell have a separate L1 entity. In response to decoding the RRC reconfiguration message, the L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is stored. A cell change message received from the first cell is decoded. The cell change message indicates that a cell change from the first cell to the second cell is to be performed. The stored L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is applied for data transmission and reception associated with the second cell. A cell change to the second cell is initiated.

公开(公告)号：US11950154B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17440693

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/0061 ,  H04W36/0077

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a TCI state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. A UE determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell's TCI state is known or unknown. The total delay time to perform the TCI state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. Other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. The UE may also signal its capability to monitor the TCI state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a TCI state.

公开(公告)号：US20240107469A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18485430

申请日：2023-10-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W24/10

CPC classification number: H04W56/001 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising performing, based on acquired information, in at least one of an idle mode and an inactive mode, at least one of an intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement and an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement. The acquired information comprises at least one of a group of a periodicity of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a periodicity of SMTC2-long periodicity (SMTC2-LP) and a physical cell identifier (PCI) list of SMTC2-LP.

公开(公告)号：US20240107464A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17593400

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jie Cui ,  Laxminarayana Pillutla ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sharad Sambhwani ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W52/36

CPC classification number: H04W52/365 ,  H04W52/367

Abstract: Activating an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration may be encoded for transmission to the UE. A power headroom report (PHR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the UE may be decoded. The PHR MAC CE may include at least one of a P value or a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value. Decoding the measurement information may include determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero. Based on determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero, the UL gap configuration may be implicitly activated.

公开(公告)号：US11895689B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17416770

申请日：2020-03-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rui Huang ,  Zhibin Yu ,  Qiming Li ,  Jie Cui ,  Yeong-Sun Hwang ,  Yang Tang ,  Andre Janssen

IPC: H04W72/542 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10

CPC classification number: H04W72/542 ,  H04B7/0626 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: An electronic device may receive, from a radio node, a measurement configuration associated with a wireless communication system. In response, the electronic device may perform measurements using narrow beam patterns based at least in part on a network configuration, where the narrow beam patterns are narrower than a wide beam pattern of the electronic device. Furthermore, performing the measurements using the narrow beams pattern may include performing a beam-pattern search up to the network configuration. Then, the electronic device may perform an SCell activation procedure of an SCell with the radio node. Note that the SCell activation procedure may include reporting, to the radio node, CSI of a narrow beam pattern of the SCell that is to be activated, where the narrow beam pattern is narrower than the wide beam pattern of the electronic device, and the narrow beam pattern is based at least in part on the measurements.

公开(公告)号：US20240032083A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US17442068

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Qiming Li ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W72/54 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W72/54 ,  H04L5/0053

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for latency reduction for beam failure recovery (BFR), with respect to transmit-receive point (TRP)-specific BFR.

公开(公告)号：US20240022975A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18476516

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0069 ,  H04W36/0058

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to performing inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurements. The UE determines whether one or more inter-RAT measurement object (MO) is configured with or without a measurement gap (MG). When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on an NR serving component carrier (CC) with the MG, the UE performs an inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether the MG is fully overlapped or partially overlapped with synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) of a target MO of the one or more inter-RAT MO. When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on the NR serving CC without the MG, the UE performs the inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether a target SSB of the target MO is within or outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the NR serving CC.

公开(公告)号：US20240015704A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US17593363

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/11 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W72/231

CPC classification number: H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/11 ,  H04L5/1469 ,  H04W72/231

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing uplink (UL) gaps to facilitate user equipment (UE) calibration are disclosed herein. A UE determines one or more slot patterns of a slot configuration that is repeated during time division duplex (TDD) communication with a base station. The UE determines a UL gap periodicity (defining periods covering an integer number of repetitions of the slot configuration). The UE then performs UE calibration during one or more semi-persistently configured UL slots of a period of the UL gap periodicity that correspond to UL indication(s) in one or more of a common configuration, a dedicated configuration, and/or a slot format indication (SFI) downlink control information (DCI) for the slot pattern(s) of the slot configuration. Methods of identifying particular semi-persistently configured UL slots of a period to use for the UL gap are also discussed. UL slot indications from dynamic DCI are not used for UL gap purposes.