公开(公告)号：US10827542B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US16073997

申请日：2016-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vivek G. Gupta ,  Puneet Jain ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W76/12 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W76/22 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Simultaneous control plane and user plane user data transfer, for CIoT devices, and switching between control plane and user plane data transfer, for the CIoT devices, may be performed for Control Plane CIoT EPS Optimization and user plane data transmission. In one implementation, a flag value is set within a Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) EPS Mobility Management (EMM) message to indicate to the network to establish a user plane connection (e.g., an S1-U bearer and data radio bearer (DRB)). The NAS message may be transmitted when the user device is in connected mode of operation.

公开(公告)号：US10784947B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16379047

申请日：2019-04-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Tang ,  Shuang Tian ,  Andrey Chervyakov ,  Jie Cui ,  Hua Li ,  Dmitry Belov ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Geng Wu ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Puneet Jain ,  Qian Li ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE receive training signals from a plurality of transmit-receive points (TRPs) associated with the gNB. Each training signal may comprise a reference signal resource identifier (ID) to indicate a corresponding TRP and a corresponding transmit direction of a plurality of transmit directions. The UE may, for each transmit direction of the plurality of transmit directions, determine an average signal quality measurement based on individual signal quality measurements in multiple receive directions. The UE may select, for reporting to the gNB, a subset of the average signal quality measurements to ensure that the average signal quality measurements excluded from the subset are less than or equal to a minimum value of the average signal quality measurements in the subset.

公开(公告)号：US20220124542A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17423704

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qian Li ,  Binita Gupta ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Puneet Jain ,  Necati Canpolat ,  Sangeetha L. Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Alexander Sirotkin

IPC: H04W28/02

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.

公开(公告)号：US20220095202A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17543440

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Puneet Jain ,  Robert Zaus ,  Ahmed Soliman ,  Marta Martinez Tarradell ,  Stefania Sesia

IPC: H04W48/04 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for user equipment (UE) that supports enhanced coverage and may operate with a voice centric usage setting or a data centric usage setting. When the UE's usage setting is set to voice centric, the UE may not operate in coverage enhancement (CE) mode B. When the UE's usage setting is set to data centric, then the UE may operate in CE mode B. The UE may indicate the UE's usage setting in an Attach or Tracking Area Update (TAU) request message, and a mobility management entity (MME) may indicate to an evolved NodeB that CE mode B is restricted or not restricted based on the usage setting. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20210337458A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-28

申请号：US16609312

申请日：2018-06-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde ,  Puneet Jain ,  Bharat Shrestha ,  Marta Martinez Tarradell

IPC: H04W48/04 ,  H04W48/06 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: The techniques, described herein, may enable a wireless telecommunication network to manage Mobility Management Entity (MME) overload scenarios by causing a Radio Access Network (RAN) node to temporarily bar certain User Equipment (UEs) from connecting to the RAN node. In some embodiments, UEs may be barred from connecting to the RAN node based on which UEs are operating in an enhanced coverage mode, Coverage Enhancement (CE) levels of each UE, and/or a measured Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of each UE.

公开(公告)号：US20210219226A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17267845

申请日：2019-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ching-Yu Liao ,  Puneet Jain ,  Alexandre Saso Stojanovski ,  Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) device includes memory storing non-public network (NPN) configuration information, a radio frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and the RF interface. The RF interface receives information broadcast by a radio access network (RAN) node of the particular NPN, where the information includes a NPN indicator indicating that the RAN node supports a NPN and NPN service information indicating services supported by the particular NPN. The processing circuitry establishes, in response to detecting the NPN indicator in the information received from the RAN node, a connection to the particular NPN based on the NPN configuration information and the NPN service information received from the RAN node.

公开(公告)号：US10979349B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16785533

申请日：2020-02-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Changhong Shan ,  Muthaiah Venkatachalam ,  Puneet Jain ,  Alexandre S. Stojanovski

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L12/851 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for traffic steering in the mobile networks. Various embodiments may include a service steering and control function to route a service dataflow through one or more service enablers based on service steering and control rules. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20200382175A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16996661

申请日：2020-08-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vivek G. Gupta ,  Puneet Jain

IPC: H04B7/0417 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W48/06 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L12/803 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Systems, devices, and configurations to implement trusted connections within wireless networks and associated devices and systems are generally disclosed herein. In some examples, a wireless local area network (WLAN) may be attached to a 3GPP evolved packet core (EPC) as a trusted access network, without use of an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) and overhead from related tunneling and encryption. Information to create the trusted attachment between a mobile device and a WLAN may be exchanged using Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) extensions defined by IEEE standard 802.11u-2011, or using other protocols or standards such as DHCP or EAP. A trusted WLAN container with defined data structure fields may be transferred in the ANQP elements to exchange information used in the establishment and operation of the trusted attachment.

公开(公告)号：US12058555B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17423704

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qian Li ,  Binita Gupta ,  Carlos Cordeiro ,  Puneet Jain ,  Necati Canpolat ,  Sangeetha L. Bangolae ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Alexander Sirotkin

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W28/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.

公开(公告)号：US12028927B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17440852

申请日：2020-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde ,  Puneet Jain ,  Alexandre Saso Stojanovski ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W76/28 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/27

CPC classification number: H04W76/28 ,  H04W68/005 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices to support user equipment (UE) in an extended discontinuous reception mode are described. A described technique performed by a radio access network (RAN) includes managing UE that is in an extended discontinuous reception mode and in an inactive state; sending a notification message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), the message comprising buffer support information for a user plane function (UPF) to buffer data; receiving a notification request message from the AMF, the notification request message comprising a request to obtain information regarding reachability of the UE; sending a notification response message to control when the UPF provides downlink data to the RAN for transmission to the UE; performing a connection resume procedure with the UE to cause the UE to switch to a connected state from the inactive state; receiving the downlink data; and transmitting the downlink data to the UE.