Paging a user equipment in idle or inactive state

    公开(公告)号:US12022391B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17593739

    申请日:2020-10-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W52/0229 H04W68/02

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is grouped into a paging subgroup for the purposes of receiving pages from a network. The UE receives, from the network, a paging configuration for a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state paging operation, the paging configuration comprising a paging subgroup identification for the UE and monitors paging occasions based on at least the paging subgroup identification.

    Radio coverage limit enhanced channel estimation

    公开(公告)号:US12021664B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17593824

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L25/0228 H04L5/0051

    Abstract: Various techniques are presented to improve channel estimation in a wireless system, comprising: receiving, by a wireless device, an indication of a physical downlink channel configuration for receiving a physical downlink channel transmission, the physical downlink channel transmission including a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); transmitting an indication that the wireless device supports bundling DMRS signals across multiple slots; receiving a DMRS configuration, the DMRS configuration including a channel estimation bundle window, the channel estimation bundle window indicating that channel estimation may be performed across multiple slots; receiving a set of DMRS signals within the channel estimation bundle window, wherein a first DMRS signal of the set of DMRS signals is received in a first slot, and wherein a second DMRS signal of the set of DMRS signals is received in a second slot; and estimating a radio channel based on the first DMRS signal and the second DMRS signal.

    P-BSR enhancements for IAB networks to improve E2E latency

    公开(公告)号:US11985652B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17593680

    申请日:2021-01-14

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/1263 H04W28/0278

    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing the use of pre-emptive buffer status reports (pre-BSRs) in wireless communications systems implementing integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks are disclosed herein. In some cases, an IAB node can re-classify the LCGs of one or more incoming data flows according to such pre-BSR usage. This may involve the use of and extended medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) having more LCG bits than previously contemplated, having sub-LCG bits, or that includes further LCG classification information bits. Other embodiments use a priority index for LCGs in an extended pre-BSR MAC CE. The priority index may include one or more of a priority field, a prioritized bit rate (PBR), and/or a bucket size duration (BSD) that is reported to an IAB donor. Other embodiments leverage the provision of additional grants from an IAB node to a child IAB node to reduce unwanted pre-BSR effects.

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