公开(公告)号：US20220159729A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17441185

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yujian Zhang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: A method for handling a Message A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a random access channel (RACH) procedure for use in fifth generation new radio (5G NR) wireless communication system includes determining that the Message A PUSCH transmission in a first step of a two-step RACH procedure overlaps with at least one other uplink physical channel transmission and transmitting at least one of the Message A PUSCH transmission or the at least one other uplink physical channel transmission in accordance with a priority rule.

公开(公告)号：US11122453B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16479487

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Candy Yiu ,  Sudeep K. Palat ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Yujian Zhang

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A secondary node (SN) in evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network new radio-dual connectivity (EN-DC) with a master node (MN) can directly provide measurement configuration and receive measurement reports from a UE and/or coordinate measurement configuration and reporting with the MN. For example, only one measurement object configuration is allowed for a frequency, but both MN and SN can provide measurement reporting configurations on the same measurement object. The UE can send measurement reports for the same measurement object to both MN and SN or the node that configured the reporting criteria configuration. In another embodiment, only one node provides the reporting configuration but configures the UE to provide reporting to one node or both MN and SN.

公开(公告)号：US11044787B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16328543

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anatoliy Ioffe ,  Ralf Bendlin ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Marta Martinez Tarradell ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Elmar Wagner ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W88/10 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to be employed within a base station. The apparatus comprises baseband circuitry which includes a radio frequency (RF) interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured determine repetition level (RL) thresholds, allocate downlink resources, wherein the downlink resources include a repetition level (RL), send downlink data to the RF interface for transmission to a user equipment (UE) according to the RL, receive repetition feedback from the RF interface based on the transmission to the UE, and update aspects or the allocation of the downlink resources based on the repetition feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20210076406A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17101850

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Abhijeet Bhorkar ,  Huaning Niu ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Qiaoyang Ye

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: A number of embodiments can describe the operation of a UE in an unlicensed spectrum. Operating a UE in an unlicensed spectrum can include processing a PDCCH transmission provided by an eNodeB to identify a resource for a transmission of the SR message and based on the resource identified in the PDCCH, generating a PUCCH transmission comprising the SR message for the eNodeB.

公开(公告)号：US12245190B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17275531

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Lopamudra Kundu ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04W68/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Systems and methods of increasing paging opportunities when the unlicensed band is used are described. The gNB sends an RRC message that indicates multiple monitoring occasions in a paging occasion of a paging frame. The UE monitors a monitoring occasion of a PO to determine whether a PDCCH with a P-RNTI has been received in an unlicensed band. If such a PDCCH is received, the UE decodes PDSCH information in the PDCCH to determine whether the P-RNTI is a P-RNTI of the UE. If so, the UE avoids monitoring subsequent monitoring occasions of the PO. If the PDCCH does not contain a P-RNTI, the UE continues to monitor other monitoring occasions within the PO.

公开(公告)号：US20240373461A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18778381

申请日：2024-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Youn Hyoung Heo

IPC: H04W74/0808 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory, where to configure the UE for communication of data in a New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode RRC signaling from a base station. The RRC signaling includes configuration information to configure a listen-before-talk (LBT) timer and a scheduling request (SR) prohibit timer. An LBT procedure is performed while the LBT timer is activated. An SR is encoded for transmission to the base station, based on detecting an unoccupied transmission resource within the NR-U spectrum during the LBT procedure. The SR transmission activates the SR prohibit timer. An uplink grant from the base station is decoded in response to the SR, the uplink grant received while the SR prohibit timer is activated. A buffer status report (BSR) is encoded for transmission to the base station based on the uplink grant.

公开(公告)号：US12035373B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17441185

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yujian Zhang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04W74/0833 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/566 ,  H04W74/0836 ,  H04W74/0838

CPC classification number: H04W74/0833 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/566

Abstract: A method for handling a Message A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a random access channel (RACH) procedure for use in fifth generation new radio (5G NR) wireless communication system includes determining that the Message A PUSCH transmission in a first step of a two-step RACH procedure overlaps with at least one other uplink physical channel transmission and transmitting at least one of the Message A PUSCH transmission or the at least one other uplink physical channel transmission in accordance with a priority rule.

公开(公告)号：US20240008134A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18368234

申请日：2023-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marta Martinez Tarradell ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Sudeep K. Palat ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/34 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W68/02

CPC classification number: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/34 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W68/02

Abstract: Embodiments of a next generation Node-B (gNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. A gNB may be configurable to operate as a master gNB (MgNB). The MgNB may transmit radio-resource control (RRC) signaling to provide information for dual connectivity to allow the UE to utilize radio resources of both a master cell group (MCG) associated with the MgNB and a secondary cell group (SCG) associated with a secondary gNB (SgNB). The MgNB may transmit, to the SgNB, an SgNB release request message that indicates a partial suspension of the dual connectivity, wherein: a first portion of a configuration for the SCG is to be maintained and a second portion of the configuration for the SCG is to be released.

公开(公告)号：US11825525B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17276080

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Youn Hyoung Heo

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W74/00

CPC classification number: H04W74/0841 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W74/006 ,  H04W74/0866 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a gNB, configuration information related to a 2-step random access (RA) procedure between the UE and the gNB in unlicensed spectrum. The 2-step RA procedure may include: an uplink MsgA message that includes, within a random access occasion (RO), a MsgA preamble and a MsgA payload; and a downlink MsgB message that includes, within another RO, a MsgB PDCCH and a MsgB payload. The configuration information may indicate: resources allocated for the MsgA preamble; and a mapping between the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the MsgA payload. The UE may determine the resources allocated for the MsgA payload based on the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the mapping.

公开(公告)号：US11063706B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16494544

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The eNB may receive, from a UE, uplink control information (UCI) that indicates a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier (HARQ ID) for a grant-less uplink (GUL) transmission by the UE during a first sub-frame. The eNB may select, from candidate HARQ IDs, a HARQ ID for a scheduled uplink (SUL) transmission by another UE in a second sub-frame after the first sub-frame. The eNB may, if the GUL transmission is successfully decoded, include the HARQ ID for the GUL transmission in the candidate HARQ IDs for the GUL transmission. The eNB may, if the GUL transmission is not successfully decoded, exclude the HARQ ID for the GUL transmission from the candidate HARQ IDs for the GUL transmission.