公开(公告)号：US12143847B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17593690

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to perform measurement object (MO) merging for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) layer 3 (L3) measurements. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US12143186B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17593809

申请日：2020-08-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Sigen Ye ,  Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W52/36

Abstract: A method for wireless communication includes: receiving, at a base station: (1) a capability report for each of a plurality of antenna panels of a first user device; and (2) an initial antenna panel index for the first user device; transmitting, to the first user device, configuration information corresponding to each antenna panel of the plurality; selecting first configuration information corresponding to the antenna panel with the initial antenna panel index; and receiving a first uplink transmission from the first user device, wherein the first user device uses a selected first antenna panel corresponding to the initial antenna panel index and the first configuration information corresponding to the selected first antenna panel. In other aspects, rather than initially transmitting configuration information corresponding to each antenna panel, the base station may transmit the configuration information for each panel as it is selected by the first user device for an uplink transmission.

公开(公告)号：US20240372654A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18772978

申请日：2024-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Chunahai Yao ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Huaning Niu ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Jie Cui

IPC: H04L1/1829 ,  H04W72/11 ,  H04W72/232

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-ACK in a fifth generation (5G) wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive, during a HARQ-ACK window, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission corresponding to a SPS PDSCH release. The UE can generate a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-ACK information bit corresponding to the reception. The UE can be configured with an offset value, k, and a length, l, of the HARQ-ACK window associated with an uplink transmission slot n, of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission, and determine a starting slot of the HARQ-ACK window as n-k. When a corresponding valid uplink transmission slot is not available, the UE can transmit the HARQ-ACK information bit in the uplink transmission slot n of the PUCCH transmission.

公开(公告)号：US12137452B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17593406

申请日：2021-08-05

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Oghenekome Oteri ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W72/1273 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/232

Abstract: Systems and methods for using hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebooks to as part of acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signaling regarding multiple physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions (also termed “multi-PDSCH”) scheduled by a single downlink control information (DCI) corresponding to multiple candidate PDSCH monitoring occasions are discussed herein. Rate matching indicators for one, multiple, or all of the PDSCHs of a scheduled multi-PDSCH are discussed. Effects of invalid symbol signaling, where one or more resources corresponding to a candidate PDSCH monitoring occasion corresponding to the DCI has been indicated for uplink (UL) use or not for DL use by a base station, are discussed. Effects of a bandwidth part change (in UL or downlink (DL)) occurring near or during the DCI, the multi-PDSCH, and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) containing the ACK/NACK signaling (e.g., containing or corresponding to all or part of the HARQ-ACK codebook) are discussed.

公开(公告)号：US20240349333A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18597322

申请日：2024-03-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Chunxuan Ye

IPC: H04W74/0808 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/40

CPC classification number: H04W74/0808 ,  H04L27/2607 ,  H04W72/40

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a base station, a baseband processor or other network device can operate to generate a sidelink (SL) communication by sensing an SL channel with a clear channel assessment (CCA) and configuring a gap length based on a subcarrier spacing (SCS) and a cyclic prefix extension (CPE) with a CPE length. The CPE length and the gap length can be based on one or more conditions. The SL communication can then be transmitted in response to acquiring the SL channel.

公开(公告)号：US12108377B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17442531

申请日：2020-10-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Chunxuan Ye

IPC: H04W72/0457 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W72/0457 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/0094 ,  H04L5/0096

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices can are provided, which can include configuring one or more bandwidth parts for a secondary cell (SCell) that is in communication with a user equipment (UE). A base station transmits to a UE a first radio resource control (RRC) message including one or more configuration parameters for a first bandwidth part (BWP) associated with a secondary cell (SCell). The UE communicates a first message with the SCell via the first SCell BWP. The UE receives a second RRC message indicating a change from the first SCell BWP to a second SCell BWP to be used for SCell communications. The UE communicates a second message with the SCell via the second SCell BWP.

公开(公告)号：US12108291B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17593685

申请日：2021-01-13

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: H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0069 ,  H04W36/0058

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to performing inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurements. The UE determines whether one or more inter-RAT measurement object (MO) is configured with or without a measurement gap (MG). When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on an NR serving component carrier (CC) with the MG, the UE performs an inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether the MG is fully overlapped or partially overlapped with synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) of a target MO of the one or more inter-RAT MO. When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on the NR serving CC without the MG, the UE performs the inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether a target SSB of the target MO is within or outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the NR serving CC.

公开(公告)号：US20240323966A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18680544

申请日：2024-05-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W72/21 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0446

CPC classification number: H04W72/21 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04W72/0446

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may increase the reliability of transmission of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) by transmitting repeated copies of the PUCCH, according to a repetition pattern spanning one or more slots. In an intra-slot mode, more than one copy may be transmitted within each configured slot, with or without frequency hopping. The number of copies as well as a temporal gap between the transmission of successive copies may be configured by the network. The repetition pattern may or may not be interrupted by slot boundaries. In an inter-slot mode, one copy is transmitted per configured slot. Different copies may be transmitted in different directions, according to a spatial consistency pattern. The UE may perform repeated transmission of PUCCHs to different Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs) using respectively different timing advances and/or transmit power levels.

公开(公告)号：US12096365B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17593597

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Hongbo Yan ,  Huaning Niu ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Shengshan Cui ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W52/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W52/0232 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04W68/005 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: A wake up signal scheme between a network and a user equipment (UE) operating in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) state. The UE monitors a wake up signal (WUS) occasion to determine whether a WUS is received during the WUS occasion, when the WUS is received, determines whether the WUS identifies the UE, when the WUS is received and identifies the UE, monitors an OnDuration of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle corresponding to the WUS and when the WUS is not received or the WUS does not identify the UE, remains in a sleep state during the OnDuration corresponding to the WUS.

公开(公告)号：US20240297705A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US17920444

申请日：2021-12-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiang Chen ,  Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Qiming Li ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04W76/28

CPC classification number: H04B7/06952 ,  H04B17/328 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W56/0015 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for compensating for cell identification delays that are beyond the control of the UE, in connection with standards-specified cell identification timing limits. In frequency bands including both beam sweeping and listen-before-talk (LBT) requirements, a cell identification procedure may be significantly delayed due to LBT failure at the base station and/or beam misalignment between the base station and the UE. Therefore, UE cell identification timing constraints may be dynamically adjusted to compensate for such delays. For example, the time window allowed for cell identification of a neighbor cell may be dynamically increased in response to determining that one or more SSBs were not available at the UE during an SMTC occasion. In some scenarios, if the timing increase exceeds a predetermined threshold, the UE may restart the cell identification procedure, e.g., on the same frequency layer or on a different frequency layer.