User Equipment with Wireless Coverage Tracking Capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US20220022077A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US16945133

    申请日:2020-07-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A communications network may include user equipment that communicates with external equipment. The user equipment may include an antenna, measurement circuitry, control circuitry, and a display. The antenna may receive downlink signals while the user equipment moves through a geographic area. The measurement circuitry may gather wireless performance metric data from the received signals. The control circuitry may determine whether the gathered wireless performance metric data exceeds, for a predetermined time period, a threshold value. The control circuitry may store respective geographic locations of the user equipment at each location in the geographic area where the gathered wireless performance metric data exceeds, for the predetermined time period, the threshold value. The control circuitry may, in response to a trigger condition, control the output device to produce an output that identifies at least one of the stored geographic locations to a user of the user equipment.

    Method and apparatus to mitigate interference between hardware circuitry and wireless circuitry in a wireless communication device

    公开(公告)号:US09819424B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US14481769

    申请日:2014-09-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B15/02

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate radio frequency interference generated by hardware circuitry and received by wireless circuitry of a wireless communication device are described. A processor obtains a set of wireless performance metrics for signals received by the wireless circuitry. The processor determines a preferred operating mode for the hardware circuitry based on the set of wireless performance metrics and provides an indication of the preferred operating mode to the hardware circuitry. The hardware circuitry is configured for operation in accordance with the preferred operating mode. The processor and/or a second processor provide an indication to the wireless circuitry when the hardware circuitry initiates and terminates an operation that can cause radio frequency interference into the wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry is configured during a time period that the hardware circuitry is operational to mitigate effects of radio frequency interference generated by the hardware circuitry.

    MANAGING A PACKET SERVICE CALL WITHIN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS USER EQUIPMENT
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    发明申请
    MANAGING A PACKET SERVICE CALL WITHIN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS USER EQUIPMENT 审中-公开
    在移动通信用户设备中管理分组服务

    公开(公告)号:US20140220944A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-07

    申请号:US14244682

    申请日:2014-04-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/16 H04W48/16 H04W76/16 H04W88/06

    Abstract: While a circuit service, CS, call is in progress, a request for a packet service, PS, call is received from a background task that is running in the mobile communications user equipment. In response to receiving the request, several air interface parameters that relate to the in-progress CS call are evaluated, in order to decide whether or not to block the PS call based on the evaluation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    Abstract translation: 在电路服务CS呼叫正在进行中,从在移动通信用户设备中运行的后台任务接收到对分组业务PS呼叫的请求。 为了响应于接收到请求,评估与正在进行的CS呼叫相关的几个空中接口参数,以便基于评估来决定是否阻止PS呼叫。 还描述和要求保护其他实施例。

    Location selection for transmitting emergency beacons

    公开(公告)号:US11924710B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17322780

    申请日:2021-05-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/029 H04W4/021 H04W4/027 H04W4/70

    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for selecting locations for transmitting emergency beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device in a geographic area; configuring a transmitter of the mobile device for device-to-device (D2D) communication; determining one or more candidate transmit locations for D2D communication, wherein each candidate transmit location is determined based at least in part on its elevation, proximity to a D2D device density location that is within a maximum communication distance from the candidate transmit location, and an availability of a trail or path to the candidate transmit location; receiving input selecting a particular candidate transmit location from the one or more candidate transmit locations; in accordance with the input, determining a route from the current location of the mobile device to the particular candidate transmit location; and presenting the route through an output device.

    Adaptive operation to mitigate specular reflections

    公开(公告)号:US11843443B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17235855

    申请日:2021-04-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0894 G01S19/22 G01S19/428

    Abstract: Methods, devices, and apparatus to adapt operating parameters for satellite signal reception and transmission by a wireless device to mitigate effects of fading due to specular reflections are described herein. The wireless device measures received signal power levels and compares characteristics of the measurements over an observation duration to at least one fading criteria to determine whether to operate in a normal or adaptive mode. While operating in the adaptive mode, the wireless device alternates between high performance mode time periods and low performance mode time periods. The wireless device indicates to a ground station associated with the satellite in which operating mode the wireless device is operating via an uplink data message transmitted during a data cycle at the start of a high or low performance mode time period. The ground station schedules data transmissions accordingly during subsequent data cycles of the high or low performance mode time periods.

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