公开(公告)号：US20220408509A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17891408

申请日：2022-08-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/18

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing radio resource control procedures for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A remote wireless device may transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to a cellular base station to a relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may also transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the remote wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20220353780A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17438538

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sree Ram Kodali ,  Ahmed M. Soliman ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Huarui Liang ,  Oleg M. Moskalenko ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto ,  Sergey Stinikov ,  Teck Yang Lee

IPC: H04W40/02 ,  H04W40/24 ,  H04L45/302

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement of network slicing for a UE. A UE may receive, from an AMF of a network, application related information associated with network slice data routing for data associated with an application. The information may be provided to the network by network slice customers. The UE may, in response to application initiation, determine traffic routing for data associated with the application. Traffic routing may be based on the application related information and a UE configuration associated with user privacy (e.g., user privacy setting) associated with the application. When the user UE configuration is enabled, the data may be routed via a default network slice and when the UE configuration is disabled, the data may be routed via a network slice indicated by the application related information. The UE configuration may be indicated by the application via a Boolean flag and/or via a user interface setting.

公开(公告)号：US20220312529A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593533

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srinivasan Nimmala

IPC: H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Multi-hop configurations in integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) networks are provided for reduced latency. For modifications to a backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) header supports faster data radio bearer (DRB) transmissions. Or, for both signaling radio bearer (SRB) and DRB flows, configuration forwarding may be used to reduce configuration latency wherein a single RRCReconfiguration message is forwarded to intermediate nodes that process the configuration and respond back independently. Alternatively, for both SRB and DRB flows, configuration multi-casting may be used for simultaneous IAB node and backup configurations. Methods are provided for fast activation of backup links in IAB nodes.

公开(公告)号：US20220240079A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

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

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：US20220159539A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US16952435

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nihar Garg ,  Ehsan Ahmed Quadri Syed ,  Karthik Anantharaman ,  Mohamed L. Haidara ,  Shashikant Tiwari ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sridhar Prakasam ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for mitigation of secondary cell failures. A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a macro cellular base station. The UE may perform a signal quality measurement of a small cell base station and compare the signal quality measurement to a threshold. Based on the signal quality measurement exceeding the threshold, the UE may attempt to additionally connect to the small cell base station. In response to a radio link failure of the second base station, the UE may modify the first threshold. In response to subsequent failures to additionally connect to the small cell base station using the modified first threshold, the UE may disable connections to the small cell base station.

公开(公告)号：US11317462B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US16559849

申请日：2019-09-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to communicate an RRC message (such as an RRC configuration message) having a size that exceeds PDCP SDU size constraints. According to some embodiments, a base station may generate a large RRC message, e.g., by encoding an RRC configuration as a single large RRC message. The base station may then segment the RRC message, e.g., at the RRC layer or the PDCP layer, into a series of PDUs that comply with the size constraints. According to some embodiments, the base station may encode an RRC configuration as a series of RRC messages, each complying with the size constraints. The base station may further provide an indication of when a receiving user equipment should apply the RRC configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20210345210A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US16480767

申请日：2018-08-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W36/10 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device avoiding reselection or handover to cells of different operators. The wireless device may attach to a first base station of a first network operator. The wireless device may determine that a neighboring base station is associated with a second network operator. Based on determining the neighboring base station is associated with the second network operator, the wireless device may exclude the third base station from handover or reselection.

公开(公告)号：US11122575B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16894146

申请日：2020-06-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W12/037

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing signaling overhead associated with signaling the capability of a wireless device and/or other messages. Among various possibilities, tags and/or compression may be used. Additionally, techniques for enhanced security and signaling between network devices are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11064383B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16362572

申请日：2019-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Stephen C. Schweizer ,  Alexander Allahverdiev ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Wanping Zhang ,  Yifan Zhu

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W24/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for improving efficiency in IMS registration and management in a wireless communication device, such as a UE. In some scenarios, the UE may, while implementing IMS services (e.g. for VoLTE) over a wireless communication link with a cellular network, determine that the wireless communication link is not performing at an acceptable level. In response, the UE may start a timer and buffer IMS SIP signaling messages while the timer is running. If the wireless communication link performance is restored to an acceptable level before expiration of the timer, the UE may transmit the buffered IMS SIP signaling messages. If the timer expires prior to restoration of the wireless communication link, the buffered messages may be cleared, and the UE may locally deregister from IMS registration and IMS PDN. In some scenarios, select IMS SIP signaling messages may be omitted or removed from the buffer.

公开(公告)号：US20210050946A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US16902656

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sriram Subramanian ,  Tarakkumar G. Dhanani ,  Shiva Krishna Narra ,  Sharad Garg ,  Vijay Gadde ,  Madhukar K. Shanbhag ,  Sandeep K. Sunkesala ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Haitong Sun ,  Sanjeevi Balasubramanian ,  Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju ,  Wei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for transmitting acknowledgment messages on a preferred cell in a carrier aggregation scenario. A user equipment device (UE) establishes a connection with a primary cell and one or more secondary cells, and determines a preferred cell from among the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells based at least in part on one or more quality metrics. The UE may determine the preferred cell at least in part in response to determining that transmission power of the UE has been limited due to a specific absorption rate (SAR) backoff feature of the UE. The UE transmits a notification to a network indicating that the UE intends to transmit an acknowledgement message to the preferred cell, and transmits the acknowledgment message to the preferred cell.