公开(公告)号：US11758539B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US16811599

申请日：2020-03-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Longda Xing ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sree Ram Kodali

IPC: H04W72/21 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/52

CPC classification number: H04W72/21 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/0042 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for using an assistance information framework to perform fast carrier aggregation and dual connectivity configuration. A wireless device may provide assistance information for determining a carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration to a cellular base station. The assistance information may be provided while establishing a radio resource control connection. The assistance information may include either or both of carrier aggregation or dual connectivity preference information for the wireless device or service data amount information for the wireless device. The cellular base station may select a carrier aggregation or dual connectivity configuration for the wireless device based on the assistance information, and may provide configuration information for the selected configuration to the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20230275717A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US17958016

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Shu Guo ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0453

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0453

Abstract: Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving PDSCH and PDCCH channels. The UE may use the configuration parameters to receive PDSCH and PCCCH that are coverage enhanced using time repetitions and frequency hopping. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.

公开(公告)号：US11743936B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US16553333

申请日：2019-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W74/00 ,  H04W28/26 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W74/006 ,  H04W28/26 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: A network, e.g. a New Radio network operating in the unlicensed spectrum, may reserve resources for the purpose of UE(s) performing a random access procedure (RACH) on the network. The network may indicate the resource reservation to the UE(s) in information transmitted to the UE(s) via signaling. The UE(s) may receive the information indicative of the resource reservation and may subsequently perform a RACH using the reserved resources indicated in the information received by the UE(s). The information or at least a portion of the information may be received in an initial signal, in a slot format indicator as part of downlink control information (DCI), in a wideband demodulation reference signal, in a radio network temporary identifier, and/or in radio resource control signaling.

公开(公告)号：US11736930B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17721166

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Longda Xing ,  Zhiwei Wang ,  Yaoqi Yan ,  Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Huarui Liang

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/72 ,  H04W88/06

CPC classification number: H04W8/183 ,  H04W12/72 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes first and second subscriber identity modules (SIMs), possibly subscribed to different carriers. When the first SIM is in a connected state and the second SIM is in an idle state, the UE may need to periodically tune away a radio from a first frequency used for communication under the first SIM to a second frequency used for idle mode activity under the second SIM. The UE may provide to the network of the first SIM the second SIMs traffic activity pattern and/or serving frequency so that the network may provide coordinated configuration and/or scheduling for the UE device, e.g., in order to make the action of tuning away (and tuning back) the radio more efficient and/or to decrease the network impact of such radio tune aways (e.g., to decrease wasted uplink scheduling and wasted downlink transmissions for the first SIM).

公开(公告)号：US20230246736A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18295486

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04L1/00 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L1/0038 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0092

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) and/or cellular network to perform downlink control information (DCI) mode signaling and control resource set (CORESET) selection. A DCI mode may be signaled based on a predefined rule, media access control (MAC) control element (CE), and/or group based beam reporting. One or more CORESETs may be selected based on configuration of an active bandwidth part (BWP), CORESET identifier, higher layer index, periodicity, type of search space, and/or MAC CE.

公开(公告)号：US20230217274A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18078908

申请日：2022-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W24/04 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04B7/022

CPC classification number: H04W24/04 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04B7/022

Abstract: The present application relates to beam failure recovery in a cell that includes multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs). In an example, a UE can perform a beam failure detection (BFD) procedure to detect, per TRP, whether a beam failure occurs. The UE can also perform one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures based on the number of beam failures, the type of cell, and/or other related information.

公开(公告)号：US20230180212A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17593680

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Murali Narasimha ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W72/1263 ,  H04W28/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230156542A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17916918

申请日：2020-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0088 ,  H04L5/0096

Abstract: A system for determining and reporting user equipment (UE) time gap requirement information for performing a measurement on a reference signal provided by a target base station. A UE receives a radio resource control (RRC) message from a current base station to modify a current RRC connection. The RRC configuration message may comprise sub carrier spacing (SCS) information of one or more target frequency bands of at least one target base station. The UE may then determine gap information based at least in part on the received SCS information of the one or more target frequency bands. The gap information may indicate whether a gap is needed in performing measurements on a reference signal transmitted at each of the one or more target frequency bands. The UE then transmits the gap information to the current base station.

公开(公告)号：US20230156485A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17916850

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for overhead reduction for multi-carrier beam selection and power control. A user equipment device (UE) may receive an uplink beam configuration for a group of component carriers and may communicate using the uplink beam configuration for the group of component carriers. The UE may receive an updated uplink beam configuration for the group of component carriers. The update uplink beam configuration may include a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that may update a pathloss reference signal for the group of component carriers. The MAC CE may include an indication of a spatial relation for aperiodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signals for the group of component carriers, an indication of a transmission control indicator for a physical downlink control channel, an indication of an update for a physical uplink shared channel, and/or an indication of an update for a sounding reference signal.

公开(公告)号：US20230110967A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US16978559

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak ,  Michael Gordon ,  Mark G Forbes ,  Xiang Guan ,  Yakun Sun

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04W8/22

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device and a cellular base station to support common analog beam steering for band groups. The wireless device may provide an indication of analog beam steering capability of the wireless device to the cellular base station. For example, the wireless device may support a limited number of analog beams for each of one or more band groups. The cellular base station may select beam configuration information for the wireless device based at least in part on the indication of analog beam steering capability of the wireless device. This may include selecting a common beam for multiple component carriers for the wireless device based on the wireless device’s analog beam steering capability. The cellular base station may provide the beam configuration information to the wireless device.