公开(公告)号：US11071170B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16467185

申请日：2018-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Honglei Miao ,  Yongjun Kwak

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/10 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment, operable to configure a control resource set (CORESET) is disclosed. The UE can decode a signal, received from a next generation node B (gNB), that includes a resource element group (REG) bundling size for a first CORESET. The UE can decode a signal, received from the gNB that includes a REG bundling size for a second CORESET. The UE can decode a control message contained in one or more REGs in one or more of the first CORESET or the second CORESET.

公开(公告)号：US20210176745A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17181797

申请日：2021-02-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ralf Matthias Bendlin ,  Gang Xiong ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Hong He ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Seunghee Han ,  Yuan Zhu

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B1/7143 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) over an OFDMA-based uplink. In some embodiments, UCI symbols are mapped to resource elements (REs) in the time/frequency resource grid to maximize frequency diversity. In some embodiments, UCI is mapped in a manner that takes into account channel estimation performance by mapping UCI symbols to those REs that are closest (in terms of OFDM subcarriers/symbols) to REs that carry reference signals.

公开(公告)号：US11013063B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16408016

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Gang Xiong ,  Hong He

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a transport block (TB) that includes multiple code blocks. The UE may determine a transport block size (TBS) based on the DCI. The UE may attempt to decode the code blocks. The UE may, if the TBS is greater than a predetermined threshold: bundle the code blocks into code block groups for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement; and transmit a HARQ bit per code block group. The UE may, if the TBS is less than or equal to the threshold, transmit a HARQ bit that indicates whether a decode failure has occurred for at least one of the code blocks of the TB.

公开(公告)号：US11012197B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16245552

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Gang Xiong ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to be employed within a user equipment (UE) device. The apparatus comprises baseband circuitry which includes a radio frequency (RF) interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to identify a plurality of monitoring occasions for a set of flexible control resource sets (CORESET); determine bit ordering for the plurality of monitoring occasions; generate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback based on the received downlink transmission; and incorporate the ordered plurality of monitoring occasions into the HARQ feedback.

公开(公告)号：US11006425B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16476127

申请日：2018-02-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Hong He ,  Seunghee Han ,  Qian Li

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04J4/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L5/14

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate handling of DL (Downlink) control and data channels having different numerologies in NR (New Radio). One example embodiment comprises an apparatus employable by a UE (User Equipment) configured to generate a report comprising capability information associated with the UE, wherein the capability information indicates whether the UE supports multiplexing of multiple numerologies within a common symbol in a FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing)-based manner; process first higher layer signaling that configures one or more control resource sets of a NR (New Radio) PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), wherein the one or more control resource sets are associated with one or more numerologies in accordance with the UE capability information; and demodulate a NR PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) from a resource distinct from resources of the NR PDCCH.

公开(公告)号：US20210100022A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US17024215

申请日：2020-09-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Hong He ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yakun Sun

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

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing downlink control for multi-TRP transmission. A cellular base station may provide a downlink control information transmission to a wireless device scheduling downlink transmissions to the wireless device from multiple transmission reception points. The downlink control information may include information that can be used by the wireless device to determine any or all of physical resource block bundling sizes, frequency domain resource allocations, modulation and coding schemes, redundancy versions, phase tracking reference signal configurations, and any of various other possible types of configuration information for the downlink transmissions. The wireless device may receive the downlink transmissions from the plurality of transmission reception points in accordance with the downlink control information.

公开(公告)号：US10966223B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16251762

申请日：2019-01-18

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Lopamudra Kundu ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Gang Xiong ,  Hong He

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L25/02

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) to operate in a New Radio (NR) system comprises one or more baseband processors to determine if two or more uplink signals partially overlap, determine a multiplexing rule, a dropping rule, or a priority rule for the two or more uplink signals, and to multiplex, drop, or prioritize the two or more uplink signals for transmission according to the multiplexing rule, dropping rule, or priority rule, and a memory to store two or more uplink signals.

公开(公告)号：US10939321B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16126999

申请日：2018-09-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Alexei Davydov ,  Seung Hee Han ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Hong He ,  Gregory V. Morozov ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Yongjun Kwak

IPC: H04W28/02

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to determine a transport block size (TBS) is disclosed. The UE can determine a number of assigned resource elements (REs) in one or more symbols for a transport block. The UE can determine a reference number of REs per physical resource block (PRB) in the transport block based on a reference number of REs for the transport block corresponding to each PRB and an assigned number of PRBs for the transport block. The UE can determine a TBS for the transport block based at least on the reference number of REs per PRB in the transport block. The UE can encode information in a selected transport block for transmission via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) in accordance with the TBS determined at the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20210058956A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US17075562

申请日：2020-10-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Hong He ,  Seung Hee Han

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A method of support of aggressive user equipment (UE) minimum processing times for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) processing and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) preparation in new radio (NR) is disclosed. The method includes indicating or causing to indicate a capability from the UE to the network in the form of capability reporting for support of Capability 2 processing times, and multiplexing or causing to multiplex scheduling instances with Capabilities 1 or 2 based on the indication. The method also includes applying or causing to apply a relaxation to the minimum UE processing times, N1, indicating time between end of PDSCH to earliest start of corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) feedback transmission when the PDSCH has specific durations and/or mapping types or has time-domain overlaps with the scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A corresponding apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210051767A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US16968846

申请日：2019-08-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Fangli XU ,  Haitong Sun ,  Sriram Subramanian ,  Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Yuchul Kim

IPC: H04W88/10 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may reside in a state of dual connectivity with a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG), wherein the radio access technologies of the MCG and the SCG are different. While in the dual connectivity state, the UE device may transition to a mode of reduced activity (e.g., processing and/or RF activity) relative to the secondary cell group (SCG) in order to save power, e.g., when traffic flow via the SCG is below a threshold, or when scheduling activity on the SCG is low. Various mechanisms may be employed to reduce activity, e.g., mechanisms such as reduction of beam monitoring, deactivation of secondary cells of the SCG, reduction of number of active antenna elements, employment of longer periods for periodic measurement and reporting processes, etc.