公开(公告)号：US11140634B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16473586

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiaoyang Ye ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Seunghee Han

IPC: H04W52/10 ,  H04W52/14 ,  H04W52/24 ,  H04W52/50 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: An apparatus of a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry. To configure the NB-IoT UE for open loop transmit power control, the processing circuitry is to decode a narrowband system information block (NB-SIB) to obtain a narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) resource set and power control information associated with the NPRACH resource set. A random access channel (RACH) preamble is encoded for transmission with or without repetitions to a base station during a RACH procedure and using the NPRACH resource set. The transmission has transmission power based on the power control information. A narrowband uplink resource assignment received during the RACH procedure is decoded. A connection setup completion message is encoded for transmission to the base station using the narrowband uplink resource assignment.

公开(公告)号：US11134432B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16480837

申请日：2018-02-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anatoliy Ioffe ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Marta Martinez Tarradell ,  Andrey Chervyakov ,  Jie Cui ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Yang Tang ,  Seunghee Han ,  Shuang Tian

IPC: H04W48/12 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry configured to decode a master information block (MIB) using a set of physical broadcast channel (PBCH) symbols received within a downlink frame to obtain system frame number (SFN) information. The downlink frame includes multiple copies of the PBCH symbols within at least three subframes of the downlink frame. A system information block (SIB) may be decoded based on the SFN information, to obtain uplink channel configuration information. Random access channel (RACH) procedure may be performed with a base station (BS) based on the uplink channel configuration information, to obtain an uplink resource assignment. A connection setup completion message can be encoded for transmission to the BS using the uplink resource assignment. The set of PBCH symbols can include a set of four legacy PBCH symbols.

公开(公告)号：US11088797B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16496363

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Salvatore Talarico ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Seunghee Han ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: Embodiments of efeMTC synchronization signals for enhanced cell search and enhanced system information acquisition are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a base station (BS) is configured to generate a length-x sequence for an efeMTC synchronization signal, the length-x sequence configured for repetition in frequency domain within 6 physical resource blocks (PRB). In some embodiments, to generate the length-x sequence, the BS may be configured to select any one index of the set of root indices {1, 2, . . . , 63}, excluding the root indices 25, 29 and 34, to correspond to a different physical-layer cell identity (PCID). In some embodiments, the BS may be configured to encode RRC signaling to include a System Information Block (SIB) comprising configuration information for transmission of the efeMTC synchronization signal, and transmit the length-x sequence as the efeMTC synchronization signal in frequency resources according to the SIB.

公开(公告)号：US11051176B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16157442

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Wenting Chang ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Anthony Lee ,  Salvatore Talarico

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B1/7143 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04J11/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, methods, and machine readable storage medium for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band. In an embodiment, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes a memory interface and a processor. The memory interface is operable to receive a configuration of a frame from a memory, the frame is to be used for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band, wherein the frame includes one or more anchor channels and one or more data channels. The processor is operable to encode uplink (UL) communication data for a base station or decode downlink (DL) communication data from the base station based on the configuration of the frame.

公开(公告)号：US10932185B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16060401

申请日：2016-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiaoyang Ye ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Abhijeet Bhorkar ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04L27/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H03M13/09 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04J11/00

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a circuitry operable to generate a Master Information Block (MIB) for transmission on one or more Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs). The apparatus may also comprise a circuitry operable to map the MIB onto at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the PRBs outside of symbols 7, 8, 9, and 10. Transmission of the PRBs may be subject to an LBT procedure.

公开(公告)号：US10912150B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16465978

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Qiaoyang Ye ,  Wenting Chang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Salvatore Talarico

IPC: H04W88/10 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04B1/713 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to communicate over an anchor channel for Unlicensed Internet of Things (U-IoT) is disclosed. The gNB can encode control information for periodic transmission on a set frequency of an anchor channel for U-IoT in an adaptive frequency hopping system. The anchor channel can include a clear channel assessment (CCA) period, an extended CCA (eCCA) period when a failure occurs during the CCA period, a tuning period for radio frequency (RF) retuning with frequency hopping, and a control information communication period for communication of the control information.

公开(公告)号：US10750491B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US16476038

申请日：2018-01-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Salvatore Talarico ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Wenting Chang ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0A transmission indicating a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation. The first circuitry may also be operable to process a second DCI format 0A transmission indicating an SPS release. The second circuitry may be operable to generate one or more Uplink (UL) transmissions for an unlicensed spectrum of the wireless network after the SPS activation and before the SPS release in accordance with a configured schedule.

公开(公告)号：US12231935B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17263463

申请日：2019-08-02

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Gregory V. Morozov ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Bharat Shrestha ,  Qiaoyang Ye

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform downlink (DL) channel quality measurement reporting is disclosed. The UE can decode a system information block type y bandwidth reduced (SIBy-BR) received from an eNodeB. The SIB1-BR can instruct the UE to include a DL channel quality measurement report in a message 3 (Msg3) transmitted during a random access procedure between the UE and the eNodeB, wherein y is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The UE can determine a DL channel quality measurement for a DL channel between the UE and the eNodeB. The UE can encode the Msg3 for delivery over an uplink channel to the eNodeB. The Msg3 can be delivered during the random access procedure and can include the DL channel quality measurement report with the DL channel quality measurement.

公开(公告)号：US12082090B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17264685

申请日：2019-07-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Rongrong Sun

IPC: H04W4/80 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W4/80 ,  H04L5/0012 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L27/2614 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0473 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for narrowband reference signals transmission. A base station is configured to: generate downlink transmissions for unlicensed Internet of things (U-IoT) communication, the downlink transmissions to include an anchor segment on a first plurality of subframes and a data segment on a second plurality of subframes, wherein the anchor segment includes a narrowband reference signal (NRS) configured to be transmitted at a first transmit power by the base station, to facilitate time or frequency tracking and cause transmission of the downlink frame for the U-IoT communication. And a user equipment is configured to receive the NRSs transmitted by the base station and process transmissions based on reception of the NRSs.

公开(公告)号：US11991610B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17265777

申请日：2019-08-08

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Qiaoyang Ye ,  Gregory V. Morozov ,  Debdeep Chatterjee

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Technology for an eNodeB operable to perform downlink (DL) transmissions using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) control region of a subframe for enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) is disclosed. The eNodeB can encode a system information block type 1 bandwidth reduced (SIB1-BR) for transmission 5 to a bandwidth reduced low complexity or coverage enhancement (BL/CE) user equipment (UE). The SIB1-BR can include an indication that the LTE control region in the subframe includes information for at least one of a machine type communication (MTC) physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH) transmission or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. 10 The eNodeB can encode at least one of the MPDCCH transmission or the PDSCH transmission for delivery in a downlink over the LTE control region in the subframe to the BL/CE UE.