公开(公告)号：US11558802B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17357088

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmed M. Soliman ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Robert Zaus ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W40/02

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can operate to configure an application service to a network slice instance while preserving an application identity (ID) privacy. The UE receives network slice customer (NSC) Service ID from an NSC. A UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network slice provider (NSP), or network operator, includes the NSC Service ID in a traffic descriptor that associates a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) with the NSC Service ID. The UE associates the application service to the network slice instance based on the NSC Service ID and the S-NSSAI.

公开(公告)号：US11388585B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US17240772

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W8/22 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20220038986A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17357088

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmed M. Soliman ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Robert Zaus ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W40/02

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can operate to configure an application service to a network slice instance while preserving an application identity (ID) privacy. The UE receives network slice customer (NSC) Service ID from an NSC. A UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network slice provider (NSP), or network operator, includes the NSC Service ID in a traffic descriptor that associates a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) with the NSC Service ID. The UE associates the application service to the network slice instance based on the NSC Service ID and the S-NSSAI.

公开(公告)号：US10911187B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US15920667

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zeng ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Christian W. Mucke

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: This disclosure relates to indicating capabilities of a user equipment to a base station while performing cellular communication. A user equipment (UE) may transmit capability information to a base station. The capability information may comprise a maximum transport block size (TBS) per transmission time interval (TTI) and an associated processing delay of the UE for a reference subcarrier spacing. Alternatively, the capability information may comprise a maximum throughput and associated processing delay of the UE. The base station may determine at least one of a maximum TBS per TTI or a number of parallel hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to utilize in subsequent communications with the UE based on the capability information and a subcarrier spacing to be used for the subsequent communications.

公开(公告)号：US10736163B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16654239

申请日：2019-10-16

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 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W76/28

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 establish 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：US10736087B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US14214516

申请日：2014-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tarik Tabet ,  Vinay Majjigi ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Sreevalsan Vallath

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: A wireless communication system is presented for future scheduling of secondary component carrier(s) (SCC) during carrier aggregation in LTE wireless communications. A primary component carrier in a first subframe can be used to indicate at what future subframe SCC data may exist for the mobile device (e.g., UE, etc.). The UE can then leave off all SCC receive circuitry until the future subframe, when it can turn on all needed SCC receive circuitry to receive the SCC data. After receiving the SCC data, the UE can again power off the SCC receive circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US10716157B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15828576

申请日：2017-12-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Farouk Belghoul ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Lydi Smaini

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to substantially concurrent connections with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to transmit a request to attach to a first network node operating according to the first RAT and transmit an indication that the wireless device is capable of maintaining substantially concurrent connections with the first network node and a second network node that operates according to the second RAT. The wireless device may also be configured transmit a request to attach to the second network node. The request may include an indication that the wireless device is capable of maintaining substantially concurrent connections with the first and second network nodes. Further, the wireless device may be configured to receive an indication that dual connectivity with the first and second network nodes has been established.

公开(公告)号：US20200059941A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16665256

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Farouk Belghoul ,  Paul V. Flynn ,  Louie J. Sanguinetti ,  Bernd W. Adler ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Ronald W. Dimpflmaier ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Tushar R. Shah ,  Daniel R. Borges ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto ,  Cesar Perez

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: An apparatus such as a wireless communication device (UE) may include first circuitry configured to conduct wireless communications according to a first radio access technology (RAT) in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band, where the first RAT is a cellular RAT, the first frequency band is in an unlicensed spectrum, and the second frequency band is in a licensed spectrum. The apparatus may include second circuitry configured to conduct wireless communications according to a second RAT in the first frequency band, wherein the second RAT is a wireless local area network (WLAN) RAT. The apparatus may be configured to determine to perform a scan operation in the first frequency band using the first circuitry and, based on one or more transmissions by the second circuitry using the first frequency band, adjust one or more parameters for the scan measurement by the first circuitry. The cellular communications in the first frequency band may be LAA communications, for example.

公开(公告)号：US10485048B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

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 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W76/28

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：US10470050B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15812193

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Farouk Belghoul ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto

IPC: H04W16/14 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing uplink cellular communication in unlicensed frequency bands using Wi-Fi preamble information. A wireless device may receive downlink control information from a cellular base station. The downlink control information may indicate an uplink transmit opportunity for licensed assisted access communication for the wireless device. A length of the uplink transmit opportunity may be determined. Licensed assisted access uplink communication may be performed during the uplink transmit opportunity. A Wi-Fi physical layer preamble may be transmitted as part of the licensed assisted access uplink communication. A type of the Wi-Fi physical layer preamble may depend at least in part on the length of the uplink transmit opportunity.