公开(公告)号：US12193072B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US18475455

申请日：2023-09-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W74/0808 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for reducing likelihood of Random Access Channel (RACH) transmission blockages and thereby facilitate an initial access procedure for new radio (NR) unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) operation in a fifth generation (5G) wireless communication system including an NR node. In some embodiments, a parameter generated by a gNB and received by a UE indicates that, from among a set of consecutive RACH Occasions (ROs), a gap is available for performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure before commencing a RACH transmission.

公开(公告)号：US12192933B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17441870

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W56/00

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier aggregation operations in wireless communication systems.

公开(公告)号：US12192011B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17593581

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04L1/1607 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L1/1829 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: A computer readable storage medium, a user equipment, a method and an integrated circuit that are used to perform operations. Operations include receiving, from a network, a plurality of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions in slots of a hybrid automatic repeating request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) window, decoding each of the PDSCH transmissions in the slots of the HARQ window, determining a HARQ-ACK feedback for each PDSCH transmission in the HARQ-ACK window, bundling the HARQ-ACK feedback for at least two of the PDSCH transmissions and reporting the bundled HARQ-ACK feedback for the HARQ window to the network.

公开(公告)号：US12185262B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17593080

申请日：2020-05-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Yang Tang ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Prerana Rane ,  Bishwarup Mondal ,  Jiwoo Kim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Suenghee Han

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining channel raster(s) and synchronization signal raster(s) for New Radio (NR) unlicensed spectrum are disclosed herein. For each of a plurality of data objects an NR channel raster position is determined using Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN) numbers. For each corresponding NR channel. Global Synchronization Channel Numbers (GSCNs), a number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) based on channel subcarrier spacing (SCS). NR channel raster position placement, channel edges, synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) edges, and an SSB raster position are calculated. The plurality of data objects may then be down selected based on e.g., corresponding Long Term Evolution (LTE) channel raster positions and/or entries of a second plurality of data objects calculated for NR channels that use a second SCS.

公开(公告)号：US12184372B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17442413

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Weidong Yang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04K1/10 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to configure channel state information (CSI) feedback in response to receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) according to a hierarchical precoding scheme that selectively reduces a feedback overhead associated with the CSI feedback. The UE can operate to divide and further sub-divide a frequency band (e.g., a wideband, or particular frequency part) into a precoding hierarchy to generate precoders for conveyance to a base station, eNodeB (eNB), or next generation NodeB (gNB) via the CSI feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20240413898A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18699770

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04B7/185 ,  H04B7/19 ,  H04B7/195

Abstract: Systems and methods for the use of measurement object having multiple synchronization signal block (SSB)-based measurement timing configurations (SMTCs) indicating a same periodicity and different offsets are disclosed herein. In some of these cases, a wireless communications network can provide a user equipment (UE) with a measurement object (MO) having up to a total number of total SMTCs. or having SMTC sets each of up to a predetermined number of SMTCs. UE determinations regarding a number of the SMTCs to use to perform one or more corresponding SSB measurements during a period of a periodicity indicated by one or more SMTCs of an MO are also discussed. The use of scheduling restrictions by the UE based on non-terrestrial network (NTN) characteristics of one or more of a serving cell and a neighbor cell to be measured are also discussed.

公开(公告)号：US12167286B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17593706

申请日：2021-04-15

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein describe the use of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) 2 low power (SMTC2-LP) configuration(s). For cell measurements, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for one or more carriers of one or more target cells is known, determine a periodicity of SMTC occasions of the carrier(s) based on data found in the SMTC2-LP configuration(s), and cancel a cell measurement of an inter-frequency cell based at least in part on the periodicity of the SMTC occasion(s). For cell re-selection, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for a carrier being used at a target cell is known and that a physical cell identity (PCI) of the target cell is found in data of the SMTC2-LP configuration, determine a maximum paging interruption time using this periodicity, and perform a cell reselection to the target cell within this time.

公开(公告)号：US12167261B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17442557

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Yang Tang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Huaning Niu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Weidong Yang ,  Chunxuan Ye

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier-specific scaling factor for measurements without measurement gaps in dual connectivity networks.

公开(公告)号：US12160866B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17440041

申请日：2020-03-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yuanye Wang ,  Hong He ,  Yang Tang ,  Qiming Li

IPC: H04W72/21 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/56

Abstract: One or more methods of operating an access node. At least one of the methods includes: detecting a capability indication that indicates a capability of a user equipment (UE) to simultaneously receive and transmit (Rx/Tx) on a first component carrier (CC1) and a second component carrier (CC2); and scheduling, based at least on the capability, a first UE activity to occur over the CC1 and a second UE activity to occur over the CC2 to avoid a collision in a time-domain by prioritizing one of the first UE activity or the second UE activity relative to the other one of the first UE activity or the second UE activity.

公开(公告)号：US20240397395A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18792295

申请日：2024-08-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/51

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a UE and its serving base station to coordinate the activation and deactivation of measurement gaps for performing positioning measurements by the UE using target positioning reference signals (PRS) during bandwidth part (BWP) switching. The UE may be configured by the serving base station to have dedicated measurement gaps. The UE determines if a legacy measurement gap used for mobility measurements or a scheduled data transmission collides with the dedicated measurement gaps. If there is a collision, the UE performs the mobility measurement using the legacy measurement gap or transmits the scheduled data. If there is no collision, the UE receives the PRS to perform the positioning measurement during the dedicated measurement gaps. In one embodiment, based on the status of the active BWP and the target PRS, the UE or the base station may activate or deactivate measurement gaps for the positioning measurements.