公开(公告)号：US20200229166A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16834908

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Li Su

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.

公开(公告)号：US20200137744A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-30

申请号：US16437223

申请日：2019-06-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Adesh Kumar ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Haijing Hu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Xu Ou ,  Longda Xing ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing signaling overhead associated with signaling the capability of a wireless device and/or other messages. Among various possibilities, tags and/or compression may be used. Additionally, techniques for enhanced security and signaling between network devices are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20200045761A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16654239

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zeng ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Beibei Wang ,  Jia Tang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Christian W. Mucke

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to establish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.

公开(公告)号：US10541768B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US16009379

申请日：2018-06-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Beibei Wang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Jia Tang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu

IPC: H04J1/08 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W80/04

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform simultaneous uplink activity for multiple RATs in the same carrier using multiplexing at a layer above the physical layer. The wireless device may establish wireless links with first and second base stations, respectively, according to first and second radio access technologies (RATs), respectively. The first base station may provide a first cell operating in a first system bandwidth and the second base station may provide a second cell operating in a second system bandwidth. The wireless device may determine whether inter-RAT uplink coexistence in the same frequency band is enabled. If so, the wireless device may perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT in the first system bandwidth by multiplexing uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT at a layer above the physical layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190239156A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16379170

申请日：2019-04-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haining Wang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/20

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for network slice selection. A network slice selection function of a cellular network may receive a network slice selection request from a radio access network node of the cellular network. The network slice selection request may be received by the radio access network node from a wireless device. A core network slice (and possibly a radio access network slice) of the cellular network may be selected for the service request. A network slice selection response may be provided to the radio access network node, indicating a control plane entry point address for the selected core network slice. The selected radio network slice may also be indicated in the network slice selection response.

公开(公告)号：US10306579B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15030159

申请日：2015-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang

IPC: H04W8/04 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W48/04 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W88/16 ,  H04W88/00

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to a next generation gateway via either a base station of a next generation radio access network (RAN) or a mobility management entity of a legacy RAN. An apparatus may be configured to receive an attachment request from a wireless device, determine authentication information via communication with a home subscriber server, determine, based at least in part on the authentication information, whether the wireless device is capable of communicating via the next generation RAT, and send, in response to determining the wireless device is capable, a connection request to a gateway of the next generation RAN. The authentication information may include subscription information associated with the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20190132830A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US15571577

申请日：2016-11-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tarik Tabet ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting asymmetric uplink and downlink bandwidth allocations for a wireless device, and for dynamically modifying the bandwidth allocations for a wireless device, in a wireless communication system. A cellular communication link may be established between a base station and a wireless device. The base station may determine an uplink bandwidth allocation and a downlink bandwidth allocation for the wireless device. The uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation may be selected based on different criteria and may include different amounts of bandwidth. Indications of the uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation may be provided to the wireless device. The base station and wireless device may communicate according to the uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation.

公开(公告)号：US20180368112A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US15923078

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Li Su

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.

公开(公告)号：US20180049085A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15027523

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04W36/08 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to concurrent wireless connectivity. In some embodiments, a base station apparatus includes one or more processing elements and one or more memories having program instructions stored thereon that are executable by the one or more processing elements to perform the following operations. In some embodiments, the operations include communicating with a mobile device as a master base station during a time interval in which the mobile device is also assigned radio resources by a first secondary base station. In some embodiments, the operations include requesting that a second secondary base station allocate radio resources for the mobile device during the time interval, without releasing the first secondary base station, such that radio resources of both the first and second secondary base stations are allocated to the mobile device during the time interval.

公开(公告)号：US12302219B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US17441816

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: A base station associated with a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station comprises one or more processors configured to generate a service configuration signal to be provided to a user equipment (UE) associated therewith. In some embodiments, the service configuration signal comprises an indication of one or more service configurations associated with a data transmission that are allowed to be transmitted by the UE during an INACTIVE state of the UE. In some embodiments, the one or more processors is further configured to provide the service configuration signal to the UE.