公开(公告)号：US12156185B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

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 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W72/11 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US12150143B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17593502

申请日：2020-10-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez ,  Jia Tang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A cell receives channel state information for multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) from a user equipment (UE). The cell selects a first transmission reception point (TRP) of multiple TRPs associated with a cell of a network, transmits a signal to a user equipment (UE) via the selected TRP, wherein the signal is configured to trigger semi-persistent CSI (SP-CSI) report at the UE and receives the SP-CSI report from the UE that includes CSI corresponding to each TRP of the multiple TRPs.

公开(公告)号：US12149474B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17593418

申请日：2021-07-28

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/1273

Abstract: Configuring non-zero-power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS) may include encoding a channel state information (CSI) configuration communication for transmission to a user equipment (UE) that is in connected mode with both a first transmission and reception point (TRP) associated with a serving cell and a second TRP associated with a neighbor cell. The NZP-CSI-RS configuration communication may establish a plurality of parameters for NZP-CSI-RS in the serving cell and the neighbor cell.

公开(公告)号：US20240365326A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18764650

申请日：2024-07-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Wei Zhang ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/1268

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/0094 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W16/14

Abstract: Methods and devices for a base station acting as a primary cell to perform dual spectrum sharing (DSS) with a first user equipment device (UE) over a 5G NR connection and a second UE over an LTE connection. The first UE establishes the 5G NR connection with the primary cell and one or more secondary cells. One of the secondary cells is configured in the 5G NR connection to provide downlink control information to the UE for the primary cell, to avoid collisions by the primary cell with LTE control transmissions.

公开(公告)号：US12120617B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17438152

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Hong He ,  Sigen Ye ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W52/36 ,  H04W74/0808

CPC classification number: H04W52/36 ,  H04W74/0808

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for CCA power signaling during COT sharing. A UE may report a maximum EIRP for COT sharing as a UE capability, e.g., for a frequency range between 52.6 and 71 gigahertz. The UE may receive a Pout value for CCA based on the UE capability and may report an actual EIRP used for CCA to acquire the COT. For configured grant COT sharing, the UE may perform a directional LBT with a specific EIRP and beam detection for a transmission burst and report a Pout value for COT sharing based on the directional LBT, e.g., via a configured grant uplink control indication. For dynamic grant COT sharing, the UE may detect that an EIRP exceeds a threshold and report a Pout value for COT sharing via a medium access control (MAC) control element. The threshold may be based on a closed loop power control setting.

公开(公告)号：US12119895B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17593248

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a wireless network to enable multiple-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) uplink (UL) time division multiplexed (TDMed) repetition transmission. The network may receive, from a user equipment (UE), beam measurements of downlink reference signals associated with a plurality of UL transmission beams from the UE to the multi-TRP. Based on criteria associated with the beam measurements received from the UE, the network enables the UE for the multi-TRP UL TDMed repetition transmission using the plurality of UL transmission beams. In addition, or in other scenarios, coordination is provided between the network and the UE to improve UL TDMed repetition transmissions when a UE switches between antenna panels.

公开(公告)号：US20240340934A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18614535

申请日：2024-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W72/40 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/25

CPC classification number: H04W72/40 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/25

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for resource allocation for contiguous resource block transmission. In one aspect, the operations can include actions of identifying a set of sub-channels that are not suitable for serving as leading sub-channels for Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) transmission, and excluding the identified set of sub-channels from a candidate set of resources.

公开(公告)号：US20240340924A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18624259

申请日：2024-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Haitong Sun

IPC: H04W72/25 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/40

CPC classification number: H04W72/25 ,  H04B7/06954 ,  H04W72/046 ,  H04W72/40

Abstract: Techniques described herein include solutions for beam management in sidelink (SL) communications. In some aspects, user equipments (UEs) operating in SL are configured with a SL beam management resource pool by a base station. The SL beam management resource pool may be used to send a beam management message, such as a beam acquisition message, a beam failure recovery message, a beam maintenance message, etc. In some aspects, a resource in the SL beam management resource pool used to transmit the beam management message is selected based on an optimal beam determined by the UE. Resource pool configurations are provided for beamed transmission and beamed receiving, beamed transmission and quasi-omni receiving, and Rx beam training.

公开(公告)号：US12107785B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17437960

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Hong He ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Weidong Yang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) coverage enhancement. A user equipment device (UE) may receive a configuration for SRS time domain bundling from a base station and may transmit, to the base station, at least one SRS transmission in accordance with the configuration. The configuration may include an indication of (and/or indicate) one or more SRS transmission occasions. The configuration may be communicated via higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling. The RRC parameter may be an SRS-ResourceSet parameter or an SRS-Resource parameter and may include a nrofSlots parameter to indicate the number of slots, where a slot may correspond to an SRS transmission occasion. The MAC CE may include at least four bits indicating the number of slots. The DCI may include at least one field indicating the number of slots.

公开(公告)号：US20240306021A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US17770099

申请日：2021-06-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haijing Hu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W92/18

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04W92/18

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication network is disclosed. The UE comprises one or more processors configured to form a sidelink group with one or more other UEs associated with the wireless communication network. In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured to receive a sidelink (SL) groupcast message from a select UE of the one or more other UEs of the sidelink group, the SL groupcast message comprising a SL channel state information (CSI) request and a transmission of a SL channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured to process the SL groupcast message; and selectively provide an SL CSI report derived based on a measured SL CSI, to the select UE, in response to processing the SL groupcast message.