公开(公告)号：US11197235B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16921272

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ralf Bendlin ,  Gang Xiong ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Yujian Zhang

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W48/14 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: A method for low overhead system information acquisition (LOSIA) is disclosed. The LOSIA method includes several techniques for transmitting common channels in a next generation Radio Access Technology (xRAT). Instead of transmitting system information in a periodic, static, cell-specific, wideband manner, the transmission is triggered by user equipment in an “on demand” manner. The LOSIA method allows the network to control the overhead, bandwidth, and periodicity, as well as other characteristics. The LOSIA method employs several different techniques to trigger the information upon which the network can act, for example, by transmitting different payloads depending on the received trigger.

公开(公告)号：US20210352655A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17273369

申请日：2019-09-03

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Guotong Wang

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to multiplex uplink control information (UCI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is disclosed. The UE can determine a symbol duration of the PUSCH. The UE can select a UCI transmission rule in accordance with the symbol duration of the PUSCH when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource carrying UCI overlaps with more than one PUSCH resource in time within a PUCCH group. The UE can multiplex the UCI on a selected PUSCH resource from the more than one PUSCH resource in accordance with the UCI transmission rule.

公开(公告)号：US20210314041A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17350527

申请日：2021-06-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Gang Xiong ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08

Abstract: Devices for and methods of synchronous beam refinement using a beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) are generally described. In one example embodiment, a UE receives BRRS information indicating switching of a Tx beam. The UE then uses this information to switch an associated Rx beam. In some embodiments, timing information is used to match the switching times. In some embodiments. DCI and CSI-RS operations are used to determine switching for the synchronous beam refinement.

公开(公告)号：US20210297204A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17265429

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Alexei Davydov ,  Gang Xiong ,  Gregory V. Morozov ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to adapt to a downlink waveform type for wireless transmissions is disclosed. The gNB can encode an indicator of a downlink waveform type of a plurality of downlink waveform types for transmission to a user equipment (UE). The gNB can encode 5 a downlink signal for transmission on a downlink physical channel to the UE using the indicated downlink waveform type in a wireless system operating above a 52.6 gigahertz (GHz) carrier frequency.

公开(公告)号：US11122580B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16407143

申请日：2019-05-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Hong He ,  Ralf Matthias Bendlin ,  Jong-Kae Fwu ,  Seunghee Han ,  Huaning Niu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Yuan Zhu

IPC: H04W72/08 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), User Equipment (UE), and methods for flexible duplex communication are generally described herein. The eNB may transmit a downlink control information (DCI) block to the UE during a group of time-division duplex (TDD) sub-frames. The eNB may further receive an uplink control information (UCI) block from the UE during the group of TDD sub-frames. A first candidate flexible duplex format for the TDD sub-frames may include a downlink control portion and an uplink control portion. A second candidate flexible duplex format for the TDD sub-frames may include a downlink control portion and may exclude uplink control portions.

公开(公告)号：US11076401B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16110729

申请日：2018-08-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Huaning Niu ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Jong-Kae Fwu

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04L25/03 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W36/02 ,  H04W68/04 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) and method for resource allocation and device-to-device (D2D) discovery hopping are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may receive signaling from an enhanced node B (eNB) indicating discovery resources to transmit discovery signals on within an LTE operation zone. The discovery resources may include a discovery zone which may comprise a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) and a plurality of subframes. The UE may transmit a discovery signal for receipt by one or more other UEs for D2D discovery within some of the PRBs of the discovery zone. The PRBs for the transmission of the discovery signal may be determined in accordance with a hopping mode to provide increased frequency diversity within a bandwidth of the discovery zone. The hopping mode may comprise intra-subframe hopping, inter-subframe hopping or joint intra/inter-subframe hopping.

公开(公告)号：US11071139B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16509847

申请日：2019-07-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Salvatore Talarico ,  Gang Xiong ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Lopamudra Kundu ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon

IPC: H04W72/14 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for configuring, transmitting, and receiving configured grant uplink transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11070320B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16477376

申请日：2018-06-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alexei Davydov ,  Seung Hee Han ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong ,  Victor Sergeev ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Dmitry Dikarev

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: In embodiments, a base station may identify a parameter related to a zero power (ZP) resource element (RE) mapping set in a physical resource block (PRB). The ZP RE mapping set may relate to resources that are not to be used to transmit a physical channel transmission. The base station may then transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of the ZP RE mapping set. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11063726B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16326168

申请日：2017-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bishwarup Mondal ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Gang Xiong ,  Peng Lu ,  Jong-Kae Fwu

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a first User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to establish a parameter set defining 5G Physical Downlink Control Channel (xPDCCH) transmission to the UE. The second circuitry may be operable to generate, for transmission to the UE, one or more messages including the parameter set.

公开(公告)号：US11057179B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16446860

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Gang Xiong ,  Seunghee Han

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), an Evolved Node-B (eNB), and methods for communication of uplink messages are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from an eNB, one or more downlink control messages that may indicate an allocation of PUCCH channel resources. The UE may transmit an uplink control message in at least a portion of the allocated PUCCH channel resources. When the PUCCH channel resources are allocated according to an edge configuration, the PUCCH channel resources may be restricted to a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion of the network channel resources. When the PUCCH channel resources are allocated according to a distributed configuration, the PUCCH channel resources may include one or more middle portions of the network channel resources. The middle portions may be exclusive to the lower edge and upper edge portions.