公开(公告)号：US12155595B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17958016

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Shu Guo ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving PDSCH and PDCCH channels. The UE may use the configuration parameters to receive PDSCH and PCCCH that are coverage enhanced using time repetitions and frequency hopping. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.

公开(公告)号：US12101645B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17441683

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Jia Tang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Wei Zeng ,  Wei Zhang ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yeong-Sun Hwang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/36

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/365

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for using group based reporting for beam management in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can determine based on a signal-to-interference-plus noise ratio (SINR) or reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, a ranking of two or more beam combinations, and transmit the ranking to a 5G node B (gNB). The UE can receive from the gNB, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint that identifies a combination of two or more beams, where the TCI codepoint is based at least on the ranking. The UE can receive simultaneous transmissions via the combination, and transmit a report to the gNB that identifies by the TCI codepoint, SINRs that corresponds to the combination. In some embodiments the UE can simultaneously transmit on a second combination identified by a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) codepoint.

公开(公告)号：US20240314542A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18670521

申请日：2024-05-21

Applicant: Apple Inc

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W8/22 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04W8/22 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, informing and/or requesting the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.

公开(公告)号：US12096396B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17593599

申请日：2020-07-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Clive E. Rogers ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/28

CPC classification number: H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to monitor paging occasions of a network. The UE operates in a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, wherein the DRX cycle includes a paging occasion (PO). The UE determines a location in time for a wake-up signal (WUS) occasion associated with the PO and determines whether to utilize an active mode or a sleep mode during the PO based on an indication included in a WUS received during the WUS occasion.

公开(公告)号：US12088388B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17439179

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Ghaith N Hattab ,  Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Yeong-Sun Hwang

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0417

CPC classification number: H04B7/0695 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/0626 ,  H04B7/063 ,  H04B7/0639

Abstract: A base station and wireless communication (UE) may perform type II CSI-RS port selection based at least on partial reciprocity between an uplink path and a downlink path between the base station and the UE. The base station may identify dominant signal paths between the base station and the UE, based on measurements performed during uplink transmissions, and may transmit, to the UE, corresponding information indicative of CSI measurement and reporting configuration that may include a single measurement resource or multiple measurement resources. Each measurement resource may include multiple-port CSI-RS ports. The UE may indicate, to the base station, selection of a measurement resource when multiple measurement resources are configured, and may also report layer independent or layer common selection of a subset of CSI-RS ports included in the indicated single measurement resource or multiple measurement resources. Further enhancements include frequency domain compression enhancement and dynamic codebook parameter reconfiguration.

公开(公告)号：US12082110B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US18083968

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zhang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Junsung Lim ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W52/0216 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including a user equipment device (UE) exchanging communications with a base station to determine one or more scheduling profiles, such as one or more scheduling-power profiles, where a scheduling-power profile may specify one or more parameters associated with UE communication behavior, e.g., one or more constraints on UE communication behavior and/or slot scheduling of UE communications. In addition, the method may include the UE receiving a slot configuration schedule from the base station. The slot configuration schedule may be based on at least one scheduling-power profile of the one or more scheduling-power profiles. Further, the method may include the UE performing communications with the base station based on the at least one scheduling-power profile.

公开(公告)号：US12035226B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17439288

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/20

CPC classification number: H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/20

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for exchanging a searcher number between an electronic device (for example, a UE) and a network for cell detection and measurement. For example, some embodiments relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor determines a searcher number associated with the electronic device. The searcher number is greater than two. The processor further transmits, using the transceiver, a signal to the network, where the signal includes an indication of the searcher number.

公开(公告)号：US12028870B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17593748

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W68/00

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04W68/005

Abstract: An example method for wireless communication includes: transmitting by a base station, to a user device in a reduced power state, resource information for receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) and tracking reference signal (TRS); transmitting the CSI-RS and TRS based on the transmitted resource information to the user device, wherein the user device has exited the reduced power state; determining whether there is paging information to transmit in a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission for the user device; transmitting a downlink control information message, wherein the downlink control information message is based on the determination that there is paging information for the user device, and wherein the user device has synchronized with the base station; and transmitting the first PDSCH transmission, based on the determination that there is paging information for the user device.

公开(公告)号：US12021580B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US18130450

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Weidong Yang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zhang ,  Jia Tang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Pengkai Zhao

IPC: H04B7/022 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04B7/022 ,  H04L5/001

Abstract: In an example method, a user equipment (UE) device determines one or more component carriers available to the UE device for at least one of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network. The UE device transmits, to the wireless network, for each component carrier, an indication whether the component carrier supports at least one of transmitting or receiving data according to a multi-transmission and receiving points (multi-TRP) communication protocol.

公开(公告)号：US11973591B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US18295486

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/15

CPC classification number: H04L1/0038 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0092 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) and/or cellular network to perform downlink control information (DCI) mode signaling and control resource set (CORESET) selection. A DCI mode may be signaled based on a predefined rule, media access control (MAC) control element (CE), and/or group based beam reporting. One or more CORESETs may be selected based on configuration of an active bandwidth part (BWP), CORESET identifier, higher layer index, periodicity, type of search space, and/or MAC CE.