SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK COEXISTENCE
    21.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240097861A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US17948001

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L5/0073 H04L5/0007 H04L5/0092 H04L5/0094

    Abstract: User equipment may transmit and receive wireless signals to and from various communication networks. Furthermore, user equipment may indicate usage capabilities to the various wireless communication networks to enable the user equipment to transmit and/or receive wireless signals to and from at least two different communication networks. In particular, the user equipment may indicate usage capabilities of supporting both Frequency Range 2 (FR2) wireless signals of a fifth generation (5G) network and 7-24 gigahertz (GHz) wireless signals of a sixth generation (6G) network in an intermediate frequency range of the user equipment. The communication network(s) may then configure and/or schedule the user equipment based on the usage capabilities to enable the user equipment to simultaneously or non-simultaneously communicate using both the FR2 wireless signals and the 7-24 GHz wireless signals while preventing interference in the intermediate frequency range of the user equipment.

    NEIGHBORING BEAM ASSISTED BEAMFORMING AND BEAMTRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20240097760A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18101959

    申请日:2023-01-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0617 H04B7/0619

    Abstract: A base station may transmit beams to user equipment. The user equipment may receive the beams and transmit a signal to a base station. The base station may determine signal characteristics associated with the beams based on the signal and compare the signal characteristics with predefined signal characteristics that correspond to potential locations of the user equipment. Based on this comparison, the base station may determine a position of the user equipment and transmit a targeted beam based on the position of the user equipment. The base station may also track the position of the user equipment and provide an updated targeted beam based on an updated position of the user equipment. Accordingly, the base station may efficiently form and update the targeted beam based on the predefined signal characteristics, thereby reducing an amount of time required to establish and maintain communication with the user equipment.

    FR2 TYPE 1 UL GAP CONFIGURATION IN DYNAMIC TDD SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240015704A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17593363

    申请日:2021-07-26

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/0446 H04W72/11 H04L5/1469 H04W72/231

    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing uplink (UL) gaps to facilitate user equipment (UE) calibration are disclosed herein. A UE determines one or more slot patterns of a slot configuration that is repeated during time division duplex (TDD) communication with a base station. The UE determines a UL gap periodicity (defining periods covering an integer number of repetitions of the slot configuration). The UE then performs UE calibration during one or more semi-persistently configured UL slots of a period of the UL gap periodicity that correspond to UL indication(s) in one or more of a common configuration, a dedicated configuration, and/or a slot format indication (SFI) downlink control information (DCI) for the slot pattern(s) of the slot configuration. Methods of identifying particular semi-persistently configured UL slots of a period to use for the UL gap are also discussed. UL slot indications from dynamic DCI are not used for UL gap purposes.

    RECEIVER DESENSE MITIGATION
    25.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230412203A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US17841576

    申请日:2022-06-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/1027

    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques to for enhanced handling of receiver desensitization, “desense,” in electronic devices that is caused by an operation of the device. In an embodiment, sensitivity of a receiver affected by desense may be determined based on receiver sensitivity without desense and a desense offset value. Desense mitigation measures may be applied based on the strength of the signal received by the receiver being less than the receiver sensitivity affected by desense. The desense mitigation measures may include deactivating the device operation that causes desense, enabling the device operation that causes desense only during certain times, and enabling antenna diversity. In some embodiments, various power and signal-to-noise ratio thresholds may be used for conditional application of different desense mitigation measures. For example, to enable receiver diversity on the device, strength of the signal needs to be below one power threshold and above another power threshold.

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