公开(公告)号：US10813071B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16538823

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seunghee Han ,  Gang Xiong ,  Alexei Davydov ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Gi Wan Choi

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Embodiments of an eNB to operate in accordance with a coverage enhancement mode are disclosed herein. The eNB may comprise hardware processing circuitry to, during a legacy sub-frame, transmit a system information block (SIB) in legacy SIB frequency resources according to a legacy SIB transmission format and refrain from transmission of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS). The hardware processing circuitry may be further to, during a first coverage enhancement sub-frame, transmit a first portion of the SIB in first SIB frequency resources included in the legacy SIB frequency resources. The hardware processing circuitry may be further to, during a first coverage enhancement sub-frame, transmit a first set of CSI-RS in first CSI-RS frequency resources that include at least a portion of the legacy SIB frequency resources.

公开(公告)号：US20200305131A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16192271

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong ,  Seunghee Han

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, user equipment (UE), evolved node B(eNB), and methods are described for machine-type communications (MTC) with early termination of repeated transmissions. In MTC implementations with narrow bandwidth, significant numbers of retransmissions may be scheduled based on channel quality measurements. If data is successfully decoded at a receiving device while a significant number of retransmissions remain, system resources are wasted. Embodiments described herein thus use downlink control messaging or intermediate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) messaging for early termination of repeated messages.

公开(公告)号：US10784942B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US15767113

申请日：2016-11-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Gang Xiong ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Huaning Niu ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W16/28

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to associate a first Beam Reference Signal (BRS) for a first Transmit (Tx) beam having a first beamwidth with one or more second BRSes for one or more respectively corresponding second Tx beams having a second beamwidth. The second circuitry may be operable to generate a first BRS transmission carrying the first BRS, and to generate one or more second BRS transmissions carrying the one or more respectively corresponding second BRSes. The third circuitry may be operable to provide information regarding the first BRS and the second BRSes to the second circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20200287752A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16825931

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong

IPC: H04L25/02 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for channel estimation for NB-PBCH in NB-LTE systems. Various embodiments may relate to options that can be used for demodulation of the NB-PBCH by the NBLTE-UEs, and in certain embodiments may include a reference signal (RS) usable for demodulation of the NB-PBCH by the NBLTE-UEs. Other embodiments maybe described or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20200287611A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16881212

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Huaning Niu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Ralf Matthias Bendlin

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for reference signal design for initial acquisition, by receiving a first primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a first secondary synchronization signal (SSS) from a first transmit (Tx) beam, in first contiguous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a downlink subframe. A UE can receive at least a second PSS and a second SSS from a second Tx beam in contiguous OFDM symbols of the downlink subframe. A UE can then detect beamforming reference signals (BRSs) corresponding to the first Tx beam and the second Tx beam, based on identification of physical cell ID information and timing information processed from the first PSS, the second PSS, the first SSS, and the second SSS. The UE can select the first Tx beam or the second Tx beam that was received with the highest power, based on the BRSs. Other embodiments are described.

公开(公告)号：US20200229270A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16638333

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: Apple Inc

Inventor： Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Alexei Davydov ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04W88/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W80/08 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive information, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, regarding a search space of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for obtaining downlink control information (DCI) from a radio access network (RAN) node. Based on a slot format (SF) index in the DCI, the UE may determine a slot format for communicating with the RAN node, and communicate with the RAN node in accordance with the slot format. Additionally, a UE may communicate UE capability information, which may include a maximum number of blind decode attempts (BDAs), to the RAN node. The UE may determine shortened channel control elements (sCCEs) to be used, by the RAN node, to transmit shortened downlink control information (sDCI) via a shortened physical downlink control channel (sPDCCH), obtain sDCI by monitoring the sPDCCH in accordance with the determined sCCEs, and communicate with the RAN node in accordance with the sDCI.

公开(公告)号：US20200154416A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16707563

申请日：2019-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Seunghee Han ,  Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov ,  Gang Xiong

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W52/32

Abstract: Future LTE systems will support massive carrier aggregation that necessitates transmission of a large number of acknowledgement signals (HARQ-ACKs) in response to downlink data transmitted over multiple component carriers. Described herein are methods and apparatus for efficiently transmitting HARQ-ACK and periodic channel state information (P-CSI) bits over the PUCCH (physical uplink control channel).

公开(公告)号：US12256400B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US17430074

申请日：2020-02-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Toufiqul Islam ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Gang Xiong

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W72/566

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating in a wireless network based on a prioritization status. User equipment can receive a first signal that includes an indicator. The UE can determine a prioritization status for a second signal based on the prioritization indicator. The UE can communicate, with one or more radio access networks (RANs) of a network, the second signal, where the timeline of the second signal can be out of order respective of other signals communicated by the UE and the wireless network. The second signal can include data transmitted by an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service. The UE can communicate the second signal out of order with respect to one or more additional signals. The UE, based on the indicator, can communicate hybrid automated repeat request (HARQ) feedback before a HARQ feedback timeline of a non-urgent transmission.

公开(公告)号：US20250039878A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18587795

申请日：2024-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Hong He

IPC: H04W72/21 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for uplink transmission for multi-panel operation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US12213186B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US17419973

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W74/0833 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/566 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for performing collision resolution in a two-step random access channel (RACH) process. In such a process, an MsgA PUSCH signal and a grant based PUSCH signal may collide. When such a collision is detected, either the MsgA PUSCH signal or the grant based PUSCh signal are dropped. The other of the two signals is then transmitted. The determination regarding which signal to drop can be based on a set of rules stored in memory.