公开(公告)号：US10447414B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15715058

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Elliot S. Briggs ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04B17/10 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04B17/18 ,  H04W4/90

Abstract: A user of a device desires that geographic position information of the device be kept private. A network may track a geographic position of a device using timing advance (TA) data and also a passive attacker may attempt to track the geographic position of the device by observing base station TA commands. In embodiments provided herein, a device diminishes or obfuscates geographic position information by using a timing change value while not disturbing synchronization of uplink signals from multiple devices arriving at a base station. To resist an averaging solution by an observer, the device in some embodiments adjusts the timing change value based on an internal timer. In an emergency call situation, the method permits the base station to obtain geographic position information based on TA procedures.

公开(公告)号：US20190281545A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16295230

申请日：2019-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including a user equipment device (UE) exchanging communications with a base station to determine one or more scheduling profiles, such as one or more scheduling-power profiles, where a scheduling-power profile may specify one or more parameters associated with UE communication behavior, e.g., one or more constraints on UE communication behavior and/or slot scheduling of UE communications. In addition, the method may include the UE receiving a slot configuration schedule from the base station. The slot configuration schedule may be based on at least one scheduling-power profile of the one or more scheduling-power profiles. Further, the method may include the UE performing communications with the base station based on the at least one scheduling-power profile.

公开(公告)号：US20190150133A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16145411

申请日：2018-09-28

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: H04W72/04 ,  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：US20190124592A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US16119801

申请日：2018-08-31

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

CPC classification number: H04W52/028 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04W52/0206 ,  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：US20190116552A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16139404

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Faraz Faheem ,  Jianxiong Shi ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sreevalsan Vallath ,  Haitong Sun ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W28/02

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication using a power efficient downlink control information framework. A wireless device and a cellular base station may exchange configuration information indicating that the cellular base station and the wireless device support a sleep downlink control information (sDCI) format. An sDCI configuration according to the sDCI format may be negotiated, including selecting at least one sDCI configuration parameter based at least in part on an application type currently associated with cellular communication between the cellular base station and the wireless device. Downlink control information may be provided during one or more subframes in accordance with the sDCI configuration. One or more subframes for which no downlink control information will be provided to the wireless device may be determined based at least in part on the sDCI configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20180368199A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US15966541

申请日：2018-04-30

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

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04B7/2643 ,  H04W72/0413 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/1215 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W88/06 ,  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：US20180367230A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US16009379

申请日：2018-06-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04J1/08 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform simultaneous uplink activity for multiple RATs in the same carrier using multiplexing at a layer above the physical layer. The wireless device may establish wireless links with first and second base stations, respectively, according to first and second radio access technologies (RATs), respectively. The first base station may provide a first cell operating in a first system bandwidth and the second base station may provide a second cell operating in a second system bandwidth. The wireless device may determine whether inter-RAT uplink coexistence in the same frequency band is enabled. If so, the wireless device may perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT in the first system bandwidth by multiplexing uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT at a layer above the physical layer.

公开(公告)号：US20180351659A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15612539

申请日：2017-06-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Sang Ho Baek ,  Yifan Zhu ,  Karthik Anantharaman ,  Rangakrishna Nallandigal ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Adesh Kumar ,  Xin Wang ,  Eyad Al-Shemali ,  Xiangpeng Jing ,  Sivaramachandran Ganesan ,  Longda Xing ,  Jianxiong Shi ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Beibei Wang ,  Sunny Arora

IPC: H04B15/02 ,  H04B5/00

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for a user equipment to mitigate interference in a wireless charging state. The user equipment may determine when the user equipment enters a wireless charging state and, when the user equipment enters the wireless charging state, activate an interference mitigation. The user equipment may further determine when the UE exits the wireless charging state and, when the user equipment exits the wireless charging state, deactivate the interference mitigation.

公开(公告)号：US09843939B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14279412

申请日：2014-05-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiantao Sun ,  Yu-Lin Wang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O Sebeni

IPC: H04W24/00 ,  H04W24/02

CPC classification number: H04W24/02

Abstract: Performing measurement of a first RAT while connected to a second RAT. The UE may initially communicate with a base station of the second RAT. While maintaining a connection to the base station of the first RAT, the UE may perform base station measurement of the first RAT (e.g., using a single radio of the UE). However, the measurement of the first RAT may be influenced by various factors, such as signal quality metrics of the second RAT. For example, if signal quality metrics are high for the second RAT, measurement of the first RAT may not be desirable, e.g., for battery life reasons.

公开(公告)号：US09572062B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-14

申请号：US14733351

申请日：2015-06-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhu Ji ,  Jason Shi ,  Johnson Sebeni ,  Navid Damji ,  Li Su

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/04 ,  H04B17/309

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W52/0216 ,  H04W76/28 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/24 ,  Y02D70/25

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing radio measurements during discontinuous reception. In one exemplary embodiment, the distribution of Long Term Evolution (LTE) DRX measurements is staggered or distributed across multiple DRX cycles (which may be contiguous or non-contiguous) so as to reduce the transceiver activity and power consumption. The exemplary UE in one implementation only performs a subset of measurements during each DRX cycle. By staggering or distributing cell measurements over multiple DRX cycles, the UE can improve power consumption, while still conforming to measurement requirements.

Abstract translation: 在不连续接收期间管理无线电测量的方法和装置。 在一个示例性实施例中，长期演进（LTE）DRX测量的分布在多个DRX周期（其可以是连续的或不连续的）上交错或分布，以便减少收发器活动和功率消耗。 在一个实现中的示例性UE仅在每个DRX周期期间执行测量的子集。 通过在多个DRX周期上交错或分配小区测量，UE可以提高功耗，同时仍然符合测量要求。