公开(公告)号：US12096289B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17440844

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Ajay Panchal ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sree Ram V. Kodali ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W84/06

CPC classification number: H04W36/00835 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein facilitate cell selection and/or reselection in scenarios involving one or more Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) cells. One example embodiment is a User Equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to perform operations comprising: determining one or more suitable cells for one of a cell selection procedure or a cell re-selection procedure, wherein the one or more suitable cells comprise a first cell associated with a satellite of a NTN; determining a ranking for each cell of the one or more suitable cells, wherein the ranking for the first cell is based at least in part on a location of the UE, ephemeris data of the satellite, and one or more additional parameters; selecting a highest ranked cell of the one or more suitable cells based on the determined rankings for each cell of the one or more suitable cells; and camping on the highest ranked cell.

公开(公告)号：US12075348B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18302306

申请日：2023-04-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Yifan Zhu ,  Utkarsh Kumar

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W48/18 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A mobile device (UE) may access standalone non-public networks (SNPNs) in various different locations as equivalent SNPNs (eSNPNs) corresponding to a home SNPN of the device. The device may obtain a list of eSNPNs corresponding to the home SNPN, and may access a second SNPN at a location different from a location of the home SNPN, in response to identifying the second SNPN and the list including the second SNPN as an eSNPN corresponding to the home SNPN of the device. The eSNPNs may include roaming eSNPNs (ReSNPNs) for accessing an enterprise NPN globally and/or at various different locations. The eSNPN/ReSNPN list may be maintained in a new network identifier management function (NMF). NPNs may be implemented as network slice instances (NSIs) via identifying data in the single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI). Multiple credentialed SNPNs of a UE may be prioritized for access by the UE.

公开(公告)号：US12063121B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17593172

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ralf Rossbach ,  Fangli Xu ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala

IPC: H04L1/1867 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04L1/189 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Provided is a method by a user equipment (UE), comprising: acquiring, from a Base Station (BS), one or more messages comprising a first group of parameters and a second group of parameters of one or more Configured Grant (CG) configuration in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell, at least one CG configuration with the second group of parameters indicates a plurality of transmission occasions within a period, and repeating transmission of a Transport Block (TB) in the plurality of transmission occasions based on the at least one CG configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20240244673A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18417452

申请日：2024-01-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W74/0833 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W76/20

CPC classification number: H04W74/0841 ,  H04W56/004 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a Base Station (BS) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state RACH process. One example aspect is a BS including communication circuitry and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to cause the BS to transmit a radio link quality threshold and an uplink data size for a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission. Receive a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble in response to the radio link quality threshold and the uplink data size being satisfied. Receive the RRC inactive data transmission, and transmit a RACH message in response to receiving the RRC inactive data transmission.

公开(公告)号：US12028753B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17249705

申请日：2021-03-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Jathurshun Sivaloganathan ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Longda Xing ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W28/24 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/25

CPC classification number: H04W28/24 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W28/0967 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/25

Abstract: Methods and devices for selecting an edge application server (EAS) to service a user equipment (UE). One exemplary method incudes determining that a current protocol data unit (PDU) session of an application being executed by a UE is being serviced by a first EAS, determining that the first EAS is no longer suitable to service the application, selecting a second EAS to service the application and instructing the UE to use the second EAS for future PDU sessions for the application.

公开(公告)号：US11991562B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17438353

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W36/02 ,  H04W36/08

CPC classification number: H04W36/0007 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W36/0235 ,  H04W36/08

Abstract: Techniques are described for improving service continuity for Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBS) communications during handover. Techniques are included for supporting lossless handover and data forwarding during handover for peer-to-multiple (PTM) MBS transmission. Lossless handover may be achieved in part by the user equipment (UE) providing to the target base station an indication of the next packet of the MBS session to be received following an RRC reconfiguration message, and an indication of any MBS packets provided by the source base station prior to the RRC reconfiguration message that were not properly received by the UE. Data forwarding may be performed from the source base station to the target base station if the MBS session was not configured on the target base station prior to the handover. Data forwarding may be omitted if the MBS session was configured on the target base station prior to the handover.

公开(公告)号：US11985539B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17390822

申请日：2021-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay Venkataraman ,  Martin Kugler ,  Ralf Itjeshorst ,  Ahmed Salem ,  Murtaza Shikari ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Tong Liu ,  Cahya A. Masputra

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W84/04

CPC classification number: H04W28/0278 ,  H04W28/0252 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Embodiments may relate to identifying, by a baseband processor, an amount of data in a data radio bearer (DRB) buffer of the baseband processor. Embodiments further relate to determining, by the baseband processor based on an indication from an application processor of the electronic device, an amount of data in at least one buffer of the application processor. Embodiments further relate to generating, by the baseband processor based at least in part on the amount of data in the DRB buffer and the amount of data in the at least one buffer of the application processor, a buffer status report (BSR). Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11979939B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17593531

申请日：2021-05-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Vijay Venkataraman ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Nirlesh Koshta ,  Rohit R. Matolia ,  Sirisha Madduri ,  Sridhar Prakasam ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Xiangpeng Jing

IPC: H04W8/12 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/04 ,  H04W76/50 ,  H04W84/04

CPC classification number: H04W8/12 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/04 ,  H04W76/50 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Emergency services support is indicated to roaming devices in a wireless network. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message from the wireless network indicating at least one public land mobile network (PLMN) that provides emergency services support for devices in limited service. The UE may store, in a non-volatile memory (NVM), an identifier of the at least one PLMN in a whitelist of limited service emergency services support. In response to a trigger in a roaming limited service condition of the UE, the UE may establish an emergency session with a selected PLMN based on the whitelist of limited service emergency services support.

公开(公告)号：US11963060B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17959957

申请日：2022-10-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yifan Zhu ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Viswanath Nagarajan ,  Sang Ho Baek ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Utkarsh Kumar ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Shivani Suresh Babu ,  Srinivasan Nimmala

IPC: H04W36/14 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04L65/1073 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W36/30 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L65/1016 ,  H04L65/1073 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to handover of WLAN voice calls to one or more cellular networks. In some embodiments, a device is configured to perform voice communications over one or more wireless local area networks, communicate with a first network using a first cellular radio access technology (RAT), and communicate with a second network using a second cellular RAT. The device may store, based on communications via the first network, information indicating that the first network does not support voice communications for the apparatus. The device may handover a voice call from a wireless local network directly to the second cellular RAT, based on the stored information and without handover of the voice call to the first cellular RAT, based on call conditions on the wireless local area network.

公开(公告)号：US11910263B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17896443

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W72/044

CPC classification number: H04W36/305 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W36/0011 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W68/005 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for network assisted side-link resource configuration for unicast and/or multi-cast/groupcast communications in V2X networks. A UE may, after establishing an RRC connection with a base station, transmit, to the base station, V2X connection information. The V2X connection information may include a V2X identifier associated with the UE and a V2X identifier associated with a target UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a side-link configuration for data transmission with the target UE. The side-link configuration may include a resource allocation defined in time and frequency (e.g., a transmit/receive pool). The UE may communicate with the target UE using the resource allocation included in the side-link configuration.