公开(公告)号：US11991067B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17558202

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Meyer ,  Thorsten Clevorn ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Bernhard Raaf ,  Josef Hausner

IPC: H04L45/24 ,  H04W28/10 ,  H04W36/12

CPC classification number: H04L45/245 ,  H04W28/10 ,  H04W36/12

Abstract: A system may include a client device running multiple client-side applications and server equipment running multiple server-side applications. One or more traffic aggregators may be provided between the client-side applications and the server-side applications. Each traffic aggregator may aggregate application traffic from the multiple applications to form one or more classes of aggregated data. Interfaces may be provided between the traffic aggregators and the applications to customize application traffic. Traffic aggregators in the system may be dynamically updated.

公开(公告)号：US11546843B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US17105269

申请日：2020-11-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Sauer ,  Bernd W. Adler

IPC: H04W52/02

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes first and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations, wherein the second signal processing circuitry includes a smaller amount of processing resources than the first signal processing circuitry. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more storage elements configured to store context information for the second signal processing circuitry and the one or more storage elements are accessible to the first signal processing circuitry. The apparatus may be configured to select one of the first and second signal processing circuitry based on the complexity of input problems, the amount of transmission resources assigned to the apparatus, etc. In some embodiments, intermediate results of from the second signal processing circuitry are used as inputs to an operation performed by the first signal processing circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20220035757A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17500325

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Helena Deirdre O'Shea ,  Camille Chen ,  Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi ,  Alon Paycher ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Bernd W. Adler

IPC: G06F13/362 ,  G06F13/24 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F13/28

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received authorization request relates to authorization to perform an activity on the other integrated circuit. In response to receiving the authorization request, the processor circuit determines whether the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity. In response to determining that the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity, the processor circuit sends, to the other integrated circuit over a configurable direct connection, an authorization signal authorizing the other integrated circuit to execute the activity.

公开(公告)号：US20170181079A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15268841

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Sauer ,  Bernd W. Adler

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04W52/02 ,  Y02D70/122 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/168 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/26

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes first and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations, wherein the second signal processing circuitry includes a smaller amount of processing resources than the first signal processing circuitry. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more storage elements configured to store context information for the second signal processing circuitry and the one or more storage elements are accessible to the first signal processing circuitry. The apparatus may be configured to select one of the first and second signal processing circuitry based on the complexity of input problems, the amount of transmission resources assigned to the apparatus, etc. In some embodiments, intermediate results of from the second signal processing circuitry are used as inputs to an operation performed by the first signal processing circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20230199084A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17991551

申请日：2022-11-21

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Biljana Badic ,  Babar Qaisrani ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Christian Drewes ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Mikhail Wilhelm ,  Sabine Roessel

IPC: H04L67/566

CPC classification number: H04L67/566

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for connections aggregation among related devices for edge computing. Such techniques may include a grouping of related devices as an edge group, and assignment of a proxy device for distribution of edge server discovery information among the edge group.

公开(公告)号：US11640365B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-02

申请号：US17500325

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Helena Deirdre O'Shea ,  Camille Chen ,  Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi ,  Alon Paycher ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Bernd W. Adler

IPC: G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/362 ,  G06F13/24 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F13/28

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received authorization request relates to authorization to perform an activity on the other integrated circuit. In response to receiving the authorization request, the processor circuit determines whether the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity. In response to determining that the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity, the processor circuit sends, to the other integrated circuit over a configurable direct connection, an authorization signal authorizing the other integrated circuit to execute the activity.

公开(公告)号：US20230086286A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17558215

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thorsten Clevorn ,  Stefan Meyer ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Bernhard Raaf ,  Josef Hausner

IPC: H04W76/15

Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having one or more radios and one or more antennas. A first radio may be configured to establish a communication link with an external device, a second radio may be configured to establish a communication link with network equipment. One or more processors in the electronic device may receive information indicative of a duration and termination of the communication link with the external device to operate the second radio in one or more operational modes. If desired, one of the operational modes may include a low-power idle mode during which the second radio performs discontinuous reception while pausing network paging monitoring.

公开(公告)号：US20210092676A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17105269

申请日：2020-11-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Sauer ,  Bernd W. Adler

IPC: H04W52/02

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes first and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations and second signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing operations, wherein the second signal processing circuitry includes a smaller amount of processing resources than the first signal processing circuitry. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more storage elements configured to store context information for the second signal processing circuitry and the one or more storage elements are accessible to the first signal processing circuitry. The apparatus may be configured to select one of the first and second signal processing circuitry based on the complexity of input problems, the amount of transmission resources assigned to the apparatus, etc. In some embodiments, intermediate results of from the second signal processing circuitry are used as inputs to an operation performed by the first signal processing circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20200059941A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16665256

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Farouk Belghoul ,  Paul V. Flynn ,  Louie J. Sanguinetti ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Ronald W. Dimpflmaier ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Tushar R. Shah ,  Daniel R. Borges ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto ,  Cesar Perez

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: An apparatus such as a wireless communication device (UE) may include first circuitry configured to conduct wireless communications according to a first radio access technology (RAT) in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band, where the first RAT is a cellular RAT, the first frequency band is in an unlicensed spectrum, and the second frequency band is in a licensed spectrum. The apparatus may include second circuitry configured to conduct wireless communications according to a second RAT in the first frequency band, wherein the second RAT is a wireless local area network (WLAN) RAT. The apparatus may be configured to determine to perform a scan operation in the first frequency band using the first circuitry and, based on one or more transmissions by the second circuitry using the first frequency band, adjust one or more parameters for the scan measurement by the first circuitry. The cellular communications in the first frequency band may be LAA communications, for example.

公开(公告)号：US10462805B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15711061

申请日：2017-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Farouk Belghoul ,  Paul V. Flynn ,  Louie J. Sanguinetti ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Ronald W. Dimpflmaier ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Tushar R. Shah ,  Daniel R. Borges ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto ,  Cesar Perez

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W74/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) includes a cellular processor configured to conduct wireless communications according to a first radio access technology (RAT) in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band, wherein the first RAT is a cellular RAT, the first frequency band is in an unlicensed spectrum, and the second frequency band is in a licensed spectrum. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) processor configured to conduct wireless communications according to a second RAT in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the cellular processor and the WLAN processor are configured to couple to a common antenna for communications in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the cellular processor may notify the WLAN processor when it is scanning and/or when it is assigned secondary component carriers in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the WLAN processor may notify the cellular processor when it is transmitting. In some embodiments, the WLAN processor and/or the cellular processor may perform one or more actions in response to such notifications to improve coexistence in the first frequency band.