公开(公告)号：US20230319678A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18183445

申请日：2023-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vivek G. Gupta ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Sridhar Prakasam ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W40/12 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04W40/12 ,  H04W28/0268

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to utilize traffic descriptors for user equipment routing selection policy.

公开(公告)号：US20230262576A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18078899

申请日：2022-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Babar Qaisrani ,  Biljana Badic ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Vivek G. Gupta ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W40/22 ,  H04M3/51 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W40/24

CPC classification number: H04W40/22 ,  H04M3/5116 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W40/246 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: The present application relates to improving coverage and reliability of cellular emergency service. In an example, a relay UE is authorized by a core network to provide a U2N relay for emergency services, where this authorization is based on UE capability information sent to the core network indicating the support of U2N relay emergency functionalities. During a U2N relay discovery, the relay UE indicates, to a remote UE, that this capability can be provided. Accordingly, the remote UE selects the relay UE from a candidate set of relay UEs and a relay communication is established.

公开(公告)号：US20230180207A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17593689

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ralf Rossbach ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Lakshmi Iyer ,  Sabine Roessel ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W72/50

CPC classification number: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W72/535

Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving request for scheduling assistance from a base station, wherein the request for scheduling assistance comprises scheduling configuration to be applied to a set of flows of a scheduled terminal on an application layer; informing the scheduled terminal of the scheduling configuration; receiving scheduling assistance information from the scheduled terminal, wherein the scheduling assistance information is generated by the scheduled terminal based on the set of flows of the scheduled terminal on the application layer; and transmitting the scheduling assistance information to the base station.

公开(公告)号：US20230164081A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17978143

申请日：2022-10-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ralf Rossbach ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Jan K. Ellenbeck ,  Robert Zaus ,  Sabine Roessel ,  Shu Guo ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Weidong Yang

IPC: H04L47/2416 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L47/34

CPC classification number: H04L47/2416 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04L47/34

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for technologies for traffic detection for application data unit mapping in wireless networks.

公开(公告)号：US20230125160A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US17970349

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Sirotkin ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W64/00

Abstract: Sidelink positioning for wireless communications may be achieved by extending the current LCS (LoCation Services) architecture, ProSe (PROximity based SErvices) architecture, and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) architecture to include sidelink positioning, e.g., during New Radio (NR) wireless communications. The existing architecture infrastructures of LCS, ProSe and V2X may be expanded to include additional signaling and/or they may be modified to incorporate communication of sidelink positioning information into existing signaling, and/or modify existing signaling to carry instructions between user equipment devices (UEs) as well as between UEs and relevant network functions either directly or via base stations when applicable.

公开(公告)号：US20220377654A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17366105

申请日：2021-07-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmed M. Soliman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Yu-Ting Yu ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W28/08

Abstract: Systems, methods, and processors are provided for flexibly configuring network slices in device to device communication. In one example, a baseband processor for a relay user equipment (UE) is configured to cause the UE to receive a UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network. The URSP includes respective URSP rules for routing UE traffic through respective network slices to the network. A first URSP rule indicates whether an associated first network slice is designated for remote UE traffic, relay UE traffic, or both remote UE traffic and relay UE traffic. The baseband processor is configured to cause the UE to establish a device to device (D2D) connection with a remote UE to relay remote UE traffic from the remote UE to a base station and assign the remote UE traffic to at least one network slice based on the URSP.

公开(公告)号：US20220312196A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593506

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W12/037 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L9/08

Abstract: MBS key distribution includes processing group information associated with an MB session context received from an AF. At least a portion of the group information comprises a TMGI. A plurality of session join requests received from a plurality of UEs are processed. Each of the plurality of session join requests include the TMGE and are associated with the MB session context. A request associated with the MB session context for transmission to an MB-SMF is encoded. A response associated with the MB session context received from the MB-SMF is processed. The response includes a key derived for each of a portion of the plurality of UEs using a UE ID and the TMGI. A DL NAS message and an N2 message are encoded for the plurality of UEs and a base station, respectively. The DL NAS message and the N2 message include the derived key.

公开(公告)号：US20220110187A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17484024

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Babar Qaisrani ,  Biljana Badic ,  Gaurav Lamba ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Mona Agnel ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto ,  Rohan C. Malthankar ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W76/50 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W40/22 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W48/14 ,  H04W40/28 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for emergency communications (e.g., voice calls and/or SMS messages) for UE's without cellular coverage (e.g., in non-cellular coverage). A function of a core network may receive, from a relay UE, a request to establish an SOS APN for a host UE, where the request may include at least an approximate location of the host UE, and where the host UE may be out of range of cellular service. The function of the core network may route, based, at least in part, on the approximate location of the host UE, traffic to a PSAP with a coverage area that includes the approximate location of the host UE using the established SOS APN. The approximate location of the host UE may be based, at least in part, on a location of the relay UE.

公开(公告)号：US12245140B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17440441

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Mona Agnel ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Huarui Liang

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with one or more neighboring cells, and includes the first PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slice data associated the first PLMN as supported by the one or more neighboring cells. In addition, at least one of the one or more network slice data in the second list includes a sub-list of one or more neighboring cell data.

公开(公告)号：US12231913B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17593291

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Mona Agnel ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04W80/06 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality are disclosed herein. An TAB node includes a distributed unit (DU) having a local application instance of a MEC-enabled application. The local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the TAB node. A mobile termination functionality (MT) of the IAB node uses a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the MT and an IAB donor. Further, data of the local application instance is transported between the UE and the TAB node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second PDCP layer at the DU (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layers at each of the DU and the MT), and/or via sidelink.