公开(公告)号：US20250071710A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18726251

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Qiming Li ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to perform gradual timing adjustments in a non-terrestrial wireless communication system. According to the techniques described herein, a wireless device may establish a non-terrestrial network based wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless device may detect a trigger for changing a gradual timing adjustment rate from a first gradual timing adjustment rate to a second gradual timing adjustment rate. The wireless device may determine a time window for which to perform gradual timing adjustment at the second gradual timing adjustment rate. The wireless device may perform gradual timing adjustment at the second gradual timing adjustment rate for the time window.

公开(公告)号：US20250071589A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18726402

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Qiming Li ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Haitong Sun

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W74/0808

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap in a wireless communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link according to a first radio access technology. The cellular base station may indicate to the wireless device to perform inter radio access technology measurements. The wireless device may determine that it is capable of performing the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap. The wireless device may provide capability information to the cellular base station indicating that the wireless device is capable of performing the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap. The wireless device may perform the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap.

公开(公告)号：US12200557B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17593432

申请日：2021-04-02

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/24 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement in NTN mobility. A cellular base station may serve as a source base station of a handover procedure from the source base station to a target non-terrestrial network (NTN) base station. The cellular base station may configure a parameter associated with the target NTN base station in a handover command, the parameter being related to NTN mobility, and send the handover command to a wireless device for use by the wireless device during the handover procedure. The wireless device may receive the handover command from the cellular base station, and perform the handover procedure using the parameter associated with the target NTN base station.

公开(公告)号：US12192933B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17441870

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W56/00

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier aggregation operations in wireless communication systems.

公开(公告)号：US20240413898A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18699770

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04B7/185 ,  H04B7/19 ,  H04B7/195

Abstract: Systems and methods for the use of measurement object having multiple synchronization signal block (SSB)-based measurement timing configurations (SMTCs) indicating a same periodicity and different offsets are disclosed herein. In some of these cases, a wireless communications network can provide a user equipment (UE) with a measurement object (MO) having up to a total number of total SMTCs. or having SMTC sets each of up to a predetermined number of SMTCs. UE determinations regarding a number of the SMTCs to use to perform one or more corresponding SSB measurements during a period of a periodicity indicated by one or more SMTCs of an MO are also discussed. The use of scheduling restrictions by the UE based on non-terrestrial network (NTN) characteristics of one or more of a serving cell and a neighbor cell to be measured are also discussed.

公开(公告)号：US12156185B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17593363

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sharad Sambhwani ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W72/0446 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W72/11 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US12119895B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17593248

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Qiming Li ,  Rohit U. Nabar ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yakun Sun ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a wireless network to enable multiple-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) uplink (UL) time division multiplexed (TDMed) repetition transmission. The network may receive, from a user equipment (UE), beam measurements of downlink reference signals associated with a plurality of UL transmission beams from the UE to the multi-TRP. Based on criteria associated with the beam measurements received from the UE, the network enables the UE for the multi-TRP UL TDMed repetition transmission using the plurality of UL transmission beams. In addition, or in other scenarios, coordination is provided between the network and the UE to improve UL TDMed repetition transmissions when a UE switches between antenna panels.

公开(公告)号：US20240251412A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US17917920

申请日：2021-10-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W72/21 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W74/0833

CPC classification number: H04W72/21 ,  H04W56/0045 ,  H04W72/1268 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), one or more messages comprising: configuration parameters of a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are to be associated with a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprising: a first PUCCH group comprising an active serving cell, and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell to be activated; and performing operations during activation of the PUCCH secondary cell based on at least one of a capability of the UE or timing advance group (TAG) configurations in the configuration parameters.

公开(公告)号：US12041464B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17440132

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Panagiotis Botsinis ,  Sameh M. Eldessoki ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/10

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide uplink spatial relation switch delay for an uplink spatial relation switch based at least in part on a pathloss reference signal associated with uplink spatial relation switch.

公开(公告)号：US12028762B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17593473

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/08

CPC classification number: H04W36/0085 ,  H04W36/08

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to perform event trigger reporting for L1/L2 mobility, including event configuration, L1 filtering factor, and event triggered L1 reporting. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.