公开(公告)号：US20220264506A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17650799

申请日：2022-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Krisztian Kiss ,  Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar ,  Karthik Ramamurthy ,  Nirlesh Koshta ,  Shashanka Totadamane Ramappa ,  Sridhar Prakasam ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Xiangpeng Jing

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: A technique for determining that a wireless device supports using multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to establish multiple connections to wireless networks, generating a multi-SIM capability message, transmitting the multi-SIM capability message to a first wireless network; and receiving a registration accept signal in response to the multi-SIM capability message, wherein the registration accept signal indicates a first set of features supported by the first wireless network. In another aspect, a technique for a wireless system to receive, via a network interface, a multiple subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) capability message from a wireless device connected to a first wireless network; generate a registration accept signal in response to receiving the multi-SIM capability message, wherein the registration accept signal indicates a first set of features supported by the first wireless network; and send, via the network interface, the registration accept signal to the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20220232464A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17576679

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Han Pu ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection with a non-terrestrial network (NTN). A UE performs a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure with a public land mobile network (PLMN) of an NTN. The UE receives a NAS message from the PLMN, and the NAS message indicates that the UE is not allowed to access a core network of the NTN. The NAS message may indicate that the UE is not allowed to access the core network of the NTN because a location of the UE is unknown to the NTN, that access to the NTN is not allowed in a country in which the UE is located, or that a location of the UE is not within a country associated with the NTN. The UE modifies its PLMN search procedure responsive to receiving the NAS message.

公开(公告)号：US11357067B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US17086175

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Kavya B. Ravikumar ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Utkarsh Kumar ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yifan Zhu ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Mohammed Sadique

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to support parallel access to services of multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) by a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device is a single-radio wireless device that includes wireless circuitry that supports an active voice or video connection via a single radio access network of a cellular wireless network at a time. To send or receive data for a second SIM/eSIM, when an active voice or video connection for a first SIM/eSIM uses the wireless circuitry, the single-radio wireless device can i) establish parallel, linked protocol data unit (PDU) sessions for different SIMs, ii) multiplex traffic for different SIMs over a common radio connection with SIM information embedded in protocol headers for routing by network equipment, and/or iii) use an additional dedicated bearer using a first, active SIM for each data network name (DNN) over which to route for a second, suspended SIM.

公开(公告)号：US20210368421A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17313702

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay Venkataraman ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Krisztian Kiss

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W60/06 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A Public Land Mobile Network includes a network slice quota (NSQ) node to implement a quota on the number of user equipments (UEs) or (UE, PDU_Session) pairs that may be registered on a network slice. An access and mobility management function (AMF) queries the NSQ on whether quota is available for registration of a UE on a network slice in response to a notification of successful authorization and/or authentication (AAA) of the UE. Alternatively, the AMF may preemptively capture one or more units of network slice quota for the UE prior to initiation of the AAA procedure. The AMF may start a timer after UE deregistration is initiated, and not relinquish the quota unit held by the UE until after the timer's expiration. The network may also include a session management function (SMF) that provides UE identification as well as PDU Session ID when requesting registration of a UE.

公开(公告)号：US20210345204A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17239160

申请日：2021-04-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/12 ,  H04W36/24

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to improve candidate search and measurement in non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) 5G new radio (NR) multi-radio access technology (RAT) environments. For Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) NR-dual connectivity (EN-DC), a user equipment (UE) skips 5G band measurements for an initial search or an out-of-service (OOS) search. For SA dual connectivity, the UE avoids 5G remaining band (RBS) scans and limits 5G deviated band search (DBS) scans to bands configured for the carrier.

公开(公告)号：US20210345168A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17128719

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Shravan Raghunathan ,  Sai Kiran Gummuluri ,  Hussain Ali ,  Lakshmi Kavuri ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W28/06 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W8/20

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can reduce RRC signaling messages, and various aspects can employ one or more of these sets of techniques. A first set of techniques can be employed to reduce RACH (Random Access Channel) requests from a RRC Idle State SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) of a UE in DSDS (Dual SIM Dual Standby) mode. A second set of techniques can be employed to reduce the number of RACH attempts to obtain NotBroadcasted (e.g., On Demand) SI(s) (System Information(s)) by a UE in response to a page message indicating SI modification.

公开(公告)号：US11166336B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16264885

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W76/38

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.

公开(公告)号：US20210337621A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-28

申请号：US17234453

申请日：2021-04-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Li Su ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: A UE in an RRC inactive state may determine an operational state mismatch between an actual RRC operational state for the UE and a stored RRC operational state for the UE maintained at a network node. To determine the mismatch, while the UE is in the RRC inactive state, the UE may monitor at least one of paging messages, serving cell power levels, or neighbor cell power levels. When an operational state mismatch is detected, the UE may initiate a state correction procedure rather than an RRC resume procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20210266801A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17178121

申请日：2021-02-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sagar B. Shah ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Kanuganti Rajeswar Reddy ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Li Su ,  Manish G. Vemulapalli ,  Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Ozgur Ekici ,  Rangakrishna Nallandigal ,  Sachin J. Sane ,  Shivani Suresh Babu ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yifan Zhu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to prioritize cells that support EN-DC over similar cells not supporting EN-DC. The UE may be configured to perform one or more measurement scans associated with cell selection and/or cell re-selection and may determine whether at least two LTE cells meet a selection criteria based on RSRP and/or SNR measurements. The UE may be configured to, in response to determining that at least two LTE cells meet the selection criteria, prioritize a first LTE cell of the at least two LTE cells over a second LTE cell of the at least two LTE cells based, at least in part, on support EN-DC. The first LTE cell may indicate support of EN-DC, e.g., via a ULI IE included in a SIB2 broadcast by the first LTE cell. The UE may be configured to select the first LTE cell for camping.

公开(公告)号：US20210160809A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17164439

申请日：2021-02-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay Venkataraman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Sang Ho Baek ,  Shivani Suresh Babu ,  Utkarsh Kumar ,  Viswanath Nagarajan ,  Yifan Zhu ,  Hariharan Sukumar

IPC: H04W60/06 ,  H04W76/34 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for de-registration of the wireless device from a first access type over a second access type. Methods also include procedures for maintaining state machines associated with both access types as well as procedures to determine a connection for re-transmitting a de-registration request and to avoid collisions between procedures associated with the first and second access types. Further, methods include an information element configured to indicate which access type has been de-registered.