公开(公告)号：US20240080661A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18239891

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christian Hofmann ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Tarik Tabet ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa

IPC: H04W12/033 ,  H04L9/06 ,  H04L9/40

CPC classification number: H04W12/033 ,  H04L9/0637 ,  H04L63/0485

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer programs for ciphering information in a physical layer of a wireless communications network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method can include obtaining, by a UE, a transport block for transmission using the physical layer, determining, by the UE, whether the size of the transport block satisfies a predetermined threshold, and based on a determination, by the UE, that the size of the transport block satisfies a predetermined threshold size: ciphering, by the UE, the entire transport block, and transmitting, by the UE and to an access node, the ciphered transport block using the physical layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230247457A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18298904

申请日：2023-04-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Qiming Li ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Gurunadha Rao Kota ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Christian Hofmann ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L1/1607 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04B7/0626 ,  H04L1/1614 ,  H04W56/001

Abstract: When a user equipment (UE) encounters a radio link failure condition, the UE may transmit a radio link failure report to a network. The report may include information defining the radio link monitoring (RLM) resources of a current RLM configuration. The information may take the form of a resource bitmap or a list of resource identifiers/indices. The network may use the information (and radio resource management measurements) to determine whether the radio link failure occurred due to misconfiguration of RLM resources for the UE. In cases where the network does not provide RLM configuration, the UE may omit the bitmap (or list), or populate the bitmap with all zeros, or populate the bitmap (or list) according to a currently active Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, which is indicated by downlink control information (DCI).

公开(公告)号：US20230087707A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17881480

申请日：2022-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hongbo Yan ,  Amir Farajidana ,  Christian Hofmann ,  Dietmar Gradl

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/08

Abstract: The present application relates to scheduling SSB measurements on SSB beams. In an example, a base station can transmit SSBs on SSB beams that form a serving cell. Depending on an SSB measurement on one of the SSB beams, a UE can schedule an additional SSB measurement on this SSB beam only or schedule SSB measurements on the different SSB beams.

公开(公告)号：US20220386150A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17333699

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameh Eldessoki ,  Christian Hofmann ,  Panagiotis Botsinis

IPC: H04W24/04 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W74/02

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate autonomous user equipment beam failure recovery abort aspects. One example aspect is a baseband processor configured to perform operations including: establishing a connection with a downlink (DL) beam; detecting a beam failure of the DL beam; in response to the beam failure, executing at least one of: a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure or a candidate beam detection (CBD) procedure; detecting a recovery abort condition while executing the at least one of: the BFR procedure or the CBD procedure; aborting the at least one of: the BFR procedure or the CBD procedure, in response to detecting that the recovery abort condition is satisfied; and maintaining the connection with the DL beam.

公开(公告)号：US20250097759A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18806596

申请日：2024-08-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christian Hofmann ,  Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan ,  Dimitrios Alanis ,  Milan Zivkovic ,  Nikolai Bijovski Ribakov ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Tarik Tabet

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for employing subnetworks to communicate with cellular networks.

公开(公告)号：US12206464B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US17484664

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sharif Ahsanul Matin ,  Christian Hofmann

IPC: H04B17/373 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W76/38

Abstract: An apparatus to be implemented in a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising hardware circuitry to activate a timer for transmitting a measurement report to a base station; output a filtered signal value from a measured signal using a first parameter; determine a trend in signal quality based on the first filtered signal value and a second filtered signal value based on a second parameter; or some processing of the values either from the first filter or from the received signal; and determine whether to deactivate the timer based on the trend in signal quality. The filtered signal can be generated using a first layer 3 filter using network-configured parameters and a second layer 3 filter using proprietary parameters. Processing of the values can also be done using proprietary parameters and techniques.

公开(公告)号：US20240414222A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18330705

申请日：2023-06-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju ,  Sriram Subramanian ,  Said Medjkouh ,  Sanjeevi Balasubramanian ,  Shiva Krishna Narra ,  Tarik Tabet ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Sameh M Eldessoki ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Milan Zivkovic ,  Amr Abdelrahman Yousef A. Mostafa ,  Christian Hofmann

IPC: H04L67/10 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W60/06

Abstract: Systems, methods, and processors are provided for supporting a distributed computing framework. In one example, a wireless communication device is configured to act as a distributed computing control node (ContN), the wireless communication device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to receive respective registration messages from respective wireless communication devices. The registration messages include registration information indicating whether a respective wireless communication device acts as an offload node (OffN) for distributed computing or a compute node (CompN) for distributed computing. The processor is configured to store the registration information in a resource repository and, based on the registration information of the respective wireless communication devices, transmit a resource availability message indicating available distributed computing resources to wireless communication devices acting as OffNs.

公开(公告)号：US20240244424A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18414861

申请日：2024-01-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christian Hofmann ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Tarik Tabet

IPC: H04W12/00 ,  H04W12/033

CPC classification number: H04W12/009 ,  H04W12/033

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including generating a layer-2 (L2) header block for a medium access control (MAC) subprotocol data unit (subPDU), the MAC subPDU including a MAC service data unit (SDU) that includes an internet protocol (IP) packet; ciphering at least a portion of the L2 header block; and assembling a transport block that includes the ciphered portion of the L2 header block in the MAC subPDU.

公开(公告)号：US20240236803A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18408925

申请日：2024-01-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Said Medjkouh ,  Alperen Gundogan ,  Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa ,  Christian Hofmann ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Seyedamirhossein Hosseini ,  Sreevalsan Vallath ,  Tarik Tabet

IPC: H04W36/32 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/324 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W36/0033

Abstract: One or more processors are provided. The one or more processors include circuitry that executes instructions to cause a user equipment (UE) to perform operations. The operations include transmitting, to a network entity, a first message indicating a capability of the UE. The operations include determining, based on contextual information associated with the UE, an anticipated mobility event to occur during a time window. The operations include transmitting, to the network entity, a second message indicative of the mobility event. The operations include determining to make a connectivity change when the mobility event occurs. A network entity and a method are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240196324A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18532987

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahma Mostafa ,  Christian Hofmann ,  Said Medjkouh ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Tarik Tabet

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/1273

CPC classification number: H04W52/0216 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W52/0235 ,  H04W72/1273

Abstract: A processor has circuitry that executes instructions to cause a user equipment (UE) to perform operations. The operations include determining to offload a task to a network node. The operations include transmitting an offload request to the network node, wherein the offload request comprises a size of an expected response and a latest receipt time. The operations include determining a wakeup time that is earlier than the latest receipt time. The operations include entering a power-saving mode until the wakeup time. The operations include exiting the power-saving mode at the wakeup time. The operations include monitoring a communication channel for the expected response from the network node until the latest receipt time. Also disclosed are a UE and a method.