公开(公告)号：US11558929B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17683444

申请日：2022-03-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Junsung Lim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zhang ,  Galib A. Mohiuddin ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W88/06 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication using a control information monitoring framework. A wireless device may monitor a control channel for control information according to a first periodic pattern. According to the first periodic pattern, the wireless device may monitor the control channel in a specified slot during each period of the first periodic pattern. Each period of the first periodic pattern may include multiple slots. The wireless device may receive control information during a first slot. The first slot may be a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern. The control information received during the first slot may schedule a data communication. The wireless device may monitor the control channel for control information in at least one slot that is not specified according to the first periodic pattern based at least in part on receiving control information during a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern.

公开(公告)号：US11191025B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16895950

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Stephan V. Schell ,  Jianxiong Shi ,  Sami M. Almalfouh

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04J3/16

Abstract: A user equipment device (UE) may implement improved communication methods which include radio resource time multiplexing, dynamic sub-frame allocation, and UE transmit duty cycle control. The UE may communicate with base stations using radio frames that include multiple sub-frames, transmit information regarding allocation of a portion of the sub-frames of a respective radio frame for each of a plurality of the radio frames, and transmit and receive data using allocated sub-frames and not using unallocated sub-frames. Additionally, the UE may operate according to a sub-frame allocation based on its current power state. The UE may transmit information to the base station and receive the sub-frame allocation based on at least the information and switch transmit duty cycles based on an occurrence of a condition at the UE. The UE may inform the network of the switch.

公开(公告)号：US20210360674A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US16499178

申请日：2018-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junsung Lim ,  Wei Zhang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Ping Wang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: A device may monitor a first search space (SS) corresponding to an active first component carrier (CC), and detect first control information (CI) that identifies an inactive second CC. In response to receiving the first CI, the device may activate the inactive second CC to make it an active second CC. The device may also set up a second SS corresponding to the active second CC, and may monitor the second SS to schedule the active second CC and receive a physical data channel. The first CI may also include additional scheduling information and a start time for reception of the physical data channel. The device may operate in a first bandwidth part (BWP) according to a first communication configuration associated with the first bandwidth part, and may switch to operating in a second BWP and to operating according to a second communication configuration associated with the second BWP.

公开(公告)号：US11057790B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16935008

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event-based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event-based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration.

公开(公告)号：US10973008B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16186350

申请日：2018-11-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Zhu Ji ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to indicate a preferred bandwidth part and duty cycle in a cellular communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a radio resource control connection. The wireless device may transmit an indication of a preferred bandwidth part, or a preferred communication duty cycle, or both, to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may select a bandwidth part, or communication duty cycle, or both, based at least in part on the indication provided by the wireless device, and may transmit an indication of the selected bandwidth part, communication duty cycle, or both, to the wireless device. The cellular base station and the wireless device may perform cellular communication using the selected bandwidth part, communication duty cycle, or both.

公开(公告)号：US10952147B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16869380

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tianyan Pu ,  Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri ,  Wei Zhang ,  Swaminathan Balakrishnan ,  Xiantao Sun ,  Beibei Wang ,  Manish G. Vemulapalli ,  Jia Tang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Zhu Ji ,  Sachin J. Sane

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for opportunistically depowering receiver chains of a wireless device. Based on control information, a device may determine whether the current number of active receiver chains can be reduced while maintaining a target achievable code rate for a period of data reception associated with the control information. Additionally, the device may generate and use a lookup table to determine whether to depower receiver chains, and which receiver chains to depower.

公开(公告)号：US10945268B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16749553

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04B7/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform user equipment (UE) initiated beam management procedures with a base station or gNB. A wireless device in communication with a 5G base station may detect degradation in the pair of transmit and receive beams between the gNB and the device. The device may select a preferred beam management procedure and indicate the preference to the gNB.

公开(公告)号：US20200351695A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16935008

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event-based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event-based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20200323006A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16905636

申请日：2020-06-18

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 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/10

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 stablish 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：US10798739B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US16129237

申请日：2018-09-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Tianyan Pu ,  Prateek Sharma ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Ping Wang ,  Wei Zhang ,  Sreevalsan Vallath

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W16/14

Abstract: A method is disclosed where a user equipment (“UE”) is operating in a carrier aggregation mode and connected to a first cell operating on a licensed band and a second cell operating on an unlicensed band. The method may include the UE performing a carrier sensing operation on the unlicensed band, determining, from the carrier sensing operation, a duration that the unlicensed band will be occupied, refraining from transmitting data to the second cell on the unlicensed band for the duration that the unlicensed band will be occupied and setting a transmitter in communication with the second cell to a low power mode for the duration that the unlicensed band will be occupied.