公开(公告)号：US20200037300A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16593326

申请日：2019-10-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hang Zhang ,  Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Mo-Han Fong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Wen Tong

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: A method and system for allocating shareable wireless transmission resources. A resource pool is established. The resource pool is divided into a plurality of physical layer allocation units usable for wirelessly transmitting control information and traffic data. The allocation units are assigned at the media access control layer for the wireless transmission of the control information and traffic data. The system and method of the present invention also allows mobile stations to be dynamically grouped into multicast groupings to reduce system overhead resource requirements.

公开(公告)号：US10374667B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US14496001

申请日：2014-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Hua Xu ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Moussa Abdi

IPC: H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04J13/18 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04J13/16

Abstract: The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols.

公开(公告)号：US20190174381A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16269965

申请日：2019-02-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nimal Senarath ,  Bill Gage ,  Shalini Periyalwar ,  Wen Tong

IPC: H04W36/18 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/24 ,  H04W36/20 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.

公开(公告)号：US10277374B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US15806923

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Hang Zhang ,  Mo-Han Fong

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/32 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/06

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include methods and devices for inserting data and pilot symbols into Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) frames having a time domain and a frequency domain. A method involves inserting in at least one zone of a first type a two dimensional array of data and pilot symbols in time and frequency and inserting in at least one zone of a second type a two dimensional array of data and pilot symbols in time and frequency. In some implementations the zone of the first type comprises common pilot symbols that can be detected by all receivers receiving the OFDM frame. In some implementations the zone of the second type comprises dedicated pilot symbols that are only detectable by a receiver that is aware of pre-processing used to encode the dedicated pilot symbols.

公开(公告)号：US20190036576A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16151636

申请日：2018-10-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Hua Xu ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Moussa Abdi

IPC: H04B7/0452 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04J13/18 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04J13/16 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L25/02

Abstract: The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols.

公开(公告)号：US09954715B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US15267396

申请日：2016-09-16

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Hang Zhang ,  Wen Tong ,  Ming Jia ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Mo-Han Fong

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L7/04

CPC classification number: H04L27/2692 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L7/043 ,  H04L27/2613 ,  H04L27/265 ,  H04L27/2655 ,  H04L27/2686 ,  H04W24/02

Abstract: The present invention provides a preamble that is inserted into an OFDMA frame and has a common sequence for all the base stations participating in a transmission. The subscriber station performs fine synchronization using the common sequence on the common preamble, and the resulting peaks will provide the locations of candidate base stations. The base station specific search is then performed in the vicinities of those peaks by using base station specific pseudo-noise sequences. With this two stage cell search, the searching window is drastically reduced. The preamble is matched to known values by a respective receiver to decode the signals and permit multiple signals to be transferred from the transmitter to the receiver. The preamble may comprise two parts, Preamble-I and Preamble-2, which may be used in different systems, including multioutput, multi-input (MIMO) systems.

公开(公告)号：US20180069615A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15796071

申请日：2017-10-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Jianming Wu ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Wen Tong ,  Evelyne Le Strat ,  Sarah Boumendil ,  Moussa Abdi

IPC: H04B7/06

Abstract: Spatial multiplexing and transmit diversity can improve the capacity of a wireless communication system. The system and method adapts communication schemes for communication systems with multiple antennas utilizing at least two transmission modes. The at least two transmission modes can, but are not necessarily, used for uplink communications. The two transmission modes may be chosen from the group consisting of a single antenna mode, a diversity mode a spatial multiplexed mode and a mixed diversity and spatial multiplexed mode. The at least two transmission modes may involve adaptation among multiple transmitters. At least one receiver may indicate a transmission mode to be used by a transmitter for a subsequent transmission. A transmitter may determine a transmission mode to be used for a subsequent transmission. The transmission mode can be based on channel sounding.

公开(公告)号：US20180069614A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15797138

申请日：2017-10-30

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： Mahmoud Taherzadehboroujeni ,  Hosein Nikopour ,  Amir Khandani ,  Wen Tong ,  Ming Jia ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Dong-Sheng Yu ,  Jianglei Ma

IPC: H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/0669 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0697 ,  H04B7/0891 ,  H04L1/0606 ,  H04L1/0625 ,  H04L1/0643 ,  H04L1/0668 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0028 ,  H04L27/2626

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for MIMO OFDM transmitter and receivers having odd and/even numbers of transmit antennas. Various methods for pre-coding information bits before space time coding (STC) are described for enabling transmission of information bits over all antennas. Methods of decoding received signals that have been pre-coded and STC coded are also provided by embodiments of the invention. Pilot patterns for downlink and uplink transmission between a base station and one or more wireless terminals for three transmit antenna transmitters are also provided. Variable rate codes are provided that combine various fixed rate codes in a manner that results in codes whose rates are dependent on all the various fixed rate codes that are combined

公开(公告)号：US20180035266A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15730111

申请日：2017-10-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Aaron Callard ,  Ming Jia ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Hang Zhang

IPC: H04W4/06 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04W36/30

CPC classification number: H04W4/06 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B7/0697 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0082 ,  H04W36/0007 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W72/005

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for an enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in a wireless communications network. In one embodiment, a number of base stations in a MBMS zone, or broadcast region, accommodate both Spatial Multiplexing (SM) enabled user elements and non-SM enabled user elements. In another embodiment, a number of base stations form a MBMS zone, or broadcast region, where the MBMS zone is sub-divided into an SM zone and a non-SM zone. In another embodiment, the wireless communications network includes multiple MBMS zones. For each MBMS zone, base stations serving the MBMS zone transmit an MBMS zone identifier (ID) for the MBMS zone. The MBMS zone ID may be used by a user element for decoding and/or to determine when to perform a handoff from one MBMS zone to another.

公开(公告)号：US09871603B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US14923090

申请日：2015-10-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jianming Wu ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu

IPC: H04K1/10 ,  H04L27/28 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04L5/02 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04B17/26 ,  H04B17/345

CPC classification number: H04B17/336 ,  H04B17/26 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04B17/345 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L1/0643 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04L5/023 ,  H04L27/2647 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A new method of performing interference estimation to allow the data packets to be efficiently delivered in an OFDM system. The interference estimation is performed on average over each frame for each mobile station individually in both frequency and time domains. Based on the estimated interference, the CIR can be determined by the BTS based on channel response estimates made by the BTS, or by the MS based on channel response estimates made for the uplink assuming a symmetrical channel. Numerical results show that the CIR estimation error could be very small if a sub-channel is considered as the minimum transmission unit. In terms of the aggregate throughput, the interference estimation method can provide a significant gain.