公开(公告)号：US11044059B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16809985

申请日：2020-03-05

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Ralf Bendlin ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Jong-Kae Fwu

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments related to implementing a dynamic resource allocation and transmission scheme for a fifth generation (5G) physical uplink control channel (xPUCCH) in a 5G system. In particular, embodiments include mechanisms to dynamically allocate resources for the transmission of xPUCCH, and resource mapping schemes for 5G systems supporting more than one symbol allocated for an xPUCCH transmission.

公开(公告)号：US11039464B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16274953

申请日：2019-02-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Sergey Panteleev

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to process payload size comprising a number of feedback bits for a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) configuration received from a New Radio (NR) NodeB (gNB) for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission without grant, and to determine a size of reserved resource elements (REs) and mapping pattern in accordance with the configured HARQ-ACK payload size, and to transmit uplink shared channel on PUSCH without grant which is rate-matched around the reserved REs. The UE alternatively comprises one or more baseband processors to process a downlink control information (DCI) grant received from a to schedule a PUSCH transmission, wherein the one or more baseband processors are configured for dynamic DCI grant overwriting to process a dynamic indication to interrupt the scheduled PUSCH transmission.

公开(公告)号：US11005539B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16065068

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Wenting Chang

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04B7/0408 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a fifth generation (5G) Evolved Node-B (eNB) operable to communicate with a 5G User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network comprising one or more processors operable to generate one or more 5G Physical Downlink Shared Channel (xPDSCH) transmissions. The one or more processors may be operable to arrange the one or more xPDSCH transmissions for transmission through one or more respectively corresponding beamformed (Tx) beams. The one or more xPDSCH transmissions may carry one or more respectively corresponding 5G System Information Blocks (xSIBs).

公开(公告)号：US10986622B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16406594

申请日：2019-05-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Guotong Wang ,  Gang Xiong ,  Bishwarup Mondal ,  Alexei Davydov

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/10

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for selecting a TCI-State for receiving downlink transmissions. In one example a processor/UE is configured to determine one or more candidate TCIs for a downlink slot; determine a scheduling offset between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); prioritize the candidate TCIs based on the scheduling offset; identify a highest priority candidate TCI; and select the highest priority candidate TCI for receiving the PDSCH.

公开(公告)号：US10979988B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16181808

申请日：2018-11-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ajit Nimbalker ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Gang Xiong ,  Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev ,  Mikhail Shilov ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Andrey Chervyakov

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.

公开(公告)号：US10966283B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US15781462

申请日：2016-04-29

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Jong-Kae Fwu

IPC: H04W88/06 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L5/10 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) using a self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe to communicate with an eNodeB within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The UE can determine, at the UE, an advanced physical uplink control channel (xPUCCH) resource index to designate one or more physical resources for transmission of the xPUCCH, wherein the one or more physical resources are multiplexed using at least one or more of frequency division multiplexing (FDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), or combination thereof. The UE can signal a transceiver of the UE to transmit to the eNodeB up link control information (UCI) using the one or more physical resources designated by the xPUCCH resource index.

公开(公告)号：US10966236B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16465530

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: An apparatus of a base station, system and method. The apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to: determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first component carrier; encode a first signal to be transmitted on the PDCCH, the first signal including downlink control information (DCI) on resources for a second signal to be transmitted on a second component carrier, wherein the DCI is based on a predetermined numerology, and wherein respective numerologies of the first component carrier and the second component carrier are different from one another. The processing circuitry is further to cause transmission of the first signal on the PDCCH, wherein a receiver of the second signal is to process the second signal based on the control information in the first signal.

公开(公告)号：US10959212B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US15747270

申请日：2015-12-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Ralf Bendlin ,  Seunghee Han

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a cellular communications network, including provision of a user equipment comprising processing circuitry to: receive from a first cell a control signal comprising a physical Time Division Duplex Uplink-Downlink configuration indicator channel (PTCICH); decode from the PTCICH a Time Division Duplex Uplink-Downlink (TDD UL-DL) configuration; and communicate with the first cell having applied the TDD UL-DL configuration in respect of subframes associated with the first cell, wherein: the PTCICH spans less than or equal to 32 Resource Elements. Also user equipment comprising processing circuitry to: receive a control signal from a first cell; decode the control signal received from the first cell thereby to determine a second cell TDD UL-DL configuration; and communicate with the second cell having applied the second cell TDD UL-DL configuration in respect of subframes associated with the second cell.

公开(公告)号：US10958386B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16408223

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Huaning Niu ,  Hooman Shirani-Mehr ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Yuan Zhu

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L27/20

Abstract: Devices and methods of providing symmetric UL and DL ACK/NACKs is generally described. UL ACK/NACKs of different UEs are multiplexed and received by a UE with a PUSCH. The receiving UE in response transmits the DL ACK/NACK. The ACK/NACK may be transmitted in a localized or distributed manner among subbands that may be adjacent or each may have blocks separated by blocks of a different subband. The ACK and NACK may use independent resources or the NACK may not be transmitted on the single ACK/NACK resource, the lack of an ACK serving as a NACK. The ACK/NACK may be transmitted using a beamforming weight shaped by the received PUSCH/PDSCH. The ACK/NACK symbol may be located in the first symbol, adjacent to the PUSCH/PDSCH, or at the end of a TTI. If adjacent, the UL grant or UL assignment may indicate whether the ACK/NACK resource is used by the PUSCH/PDSCH.

公开(公告)号：US10897776B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16346335

申请日：2017-10-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Gang Xiong ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Seunghee Han ,  Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Downlink control information techniques for wireless communications with shorter TTI (S-TTI) length are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode signaling indicating a duration of a time window, the time window comprising a plurality of S-TTIs forming a single TTI. Absence of a discontinuous reception (DRX) indicator is detected within control information received within a first S-TTI of the plurality of S-TTIs. Upon detecting the absence of the DRX indicator within received control information, a S-PDCCH within each of the plurality of S-TTIs is monitored during the duration. Scheduling information received via the S-PDCCH within one of the plurality of S-TTIs is decoded, and data is encoded for transmission on a shared data channel based on the scheduling information.