公开(公告)号：US20250097704A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18898650

申请日：2024-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Qi Wang ,  Lochan Verma ,  Su Khiong Yong

IPC: H04W12/069 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04W12/02 ,  H04W12/08

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless network includes broadcasting, by a Multi-Link Device (MLD) device, service data indicative of one or more services for wireless communication with a client device; wherein the service data indicates that a service type is differentiated based on a type of the client device; establishing a security association with the client device; and in response to establishing a security association with the client device, granting access by the client device to a subset of the one or more services based on the type of the client device.

公开(公告)号：US12183115B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17931458

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qi Wang ,  Jere C. Harrison ,  Mi Hye Shin ,  Yunhan Chen

IPC: G06V40/13 ,  B06B1/06 ,  G01L1/16 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/043

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure are directed to micro-machined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) which can be embedded into a flexible band of a watch to detect touch, gestures, physiological signals, and transfer data. In some examples, the MUTs can include a piezoelectric material disposed between two electrodes and coupled to a base material having a plurality of cavities, to support motion of the transducer structure. In some examples, the MUTs can be coupled to multiplexing circuitry to stimulate, configure and control the MUTs. In some examples, the size, shape, and arrangement of transducers can be changed to improve characteristics associated with ultrasonic transmission. In some examples, the MUT array can be driven (e.g., by the CMOS circuitry) to beamform the transmitted and/or the received ultrasonic waves. In some examples, the one or more MUT arrays can be configured to generate haptic feedback via the flexible band.

公开(公告)号：US20240357651A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18636541

申请日：2024-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Yong Liu ,  Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Qi Wang ,  Chittabrata Ghosh ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Lochan Verma ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Morteza Mehrnoush

IPC: H04W74/0816 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W74/0875

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for managing uplink transmit opportunity bursting for wireless local area networking. A wireless device may initiate a transmit opportunity to perform an uplink transmission to an access point. The wireless device may receive an acknowledgement from the access point. The acknowledgement may include an indication that the wireless device can initiate a second transmit opportunity without wireless medium contention. The wireless device may initiate the second transmit opportunity without wireless medium contention based at least in part on the indication received from the access point.

公开(公告)号：US12120738B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17461630

申请日：2021-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Qi Wang ,  Su Khiong Yong

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/0816

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816

Abstract: During operation, an electronic device (e.g., an access point) may provide a multi-user (MU)-request-to-send (RTS) frame that communicates an RTS in a channel associated with the second electronic device and a second RTS in a second channel associated with a third electronic device. For example, the channel may include a primary channel and the second channel may include a secondary channel. Note that the third electronic device may include a SST station and the second electronic device may include a non-SST station. Then, the electronic device may receive an MU-clear-to-send (CTS) frame that includes a CTS in a third channel associated with the third electronic device. Moreover, the third channel may be equal to or a subset of the second channel, and/or the third channel may include a CTS reception channel associated with the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20240340885A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18612928

申请日：2024-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qi Wang ,  Yong Liu ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Yijun Qiao ,  Oren Shani ,  Debashis Dash ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Zhou Lan ,  Anuj Batra ,  Mohamed Abouelseoud

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/10

CPC classification number: H04W72/1215 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for providing unsolicited unavailability announcements to manage the co-existence of Wi-Fi and other technologies (such as Bluetooth) and to manage infrastructure and peer-to-peer connections in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish multiple wireless connections on a set of radio resources. The wireless device may transmit an unsolicited unavailability announcement frame, which may include information indicating a time period of future unavailability for the wireless device on the set of radio resources. Such an unsolicited unavailability announcement frame may also include information regarding the device's current availability, for example during which the device plans to initiate a transmit opportunity.

公开(公告)号：US12108447B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17187198

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Su Khiong Yong ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Yong Liu ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Qi Wang ,  Lochan Verma

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W74/0816

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816 ,  H04W72/0446

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing request to send (RTS) and clear to transmit (CTS) frames and transmission rules for the RTS and CTS frame. For example, some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more processors receive, using the transceiver, a request to send (RTS) frame from the second electronic device and determine, using the received RTS frame, a format for a clear to send (CTS) frame to use in response to the RTS frame. The one or more processors further transmit, using the transceiver, the CTS frame based on the determined format on at least one sub-channel on which the RTS frame was received and that the at least one sub-channel is idle.

公开(公告)号：US20240305408A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18667923

申请日：2024-05-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tianyu Wu ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Lochan Verma ,  Qi Wang ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Anuj Batra

IPC: H04L1/1607 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L1/1621 ,  H04L1/0057 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0098

Abstract: An electronic device (such as an access point) is described. This electronic device transmits an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame to a recipient electronic device (such as a client or a station). The OFDMA frame includes multiple predefined resource units (RUs) allocated to the recipient electronic device in a set of predefined RUs having associated frequency bandwidths. Moreover, the multiple predefined RUs include two or more first predefined RUs having a first number of tones less than a predefined amount, or two or more second predefined RUs having a second number of tones greater than or equal to the predefined amount. For example, the predefined amount may include 242 tones. Note that the multiple predefined RUs may have the same or different numbers of tones. Moreover, the electronic may receive an acknowledgment or a block acknowledgment from the recipient electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20240292269A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18586380

申请日：2024-02-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tianyu Wu ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Anuj Batra ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Lochan Verma ,  Oren Shani ,  Qi Wang ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Yong Liu

IPC: H04W28/06

CPC classification number: H04W28/065

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including obtaining data for transmission to a receiver; and generating a first component physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) of a plurality of component PPDUs of a concatenated (C-PPDU), where the first component PPDU is directed to the receiver and includes at least a portion of the data.

公开(公告)号：US20240188133A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18458935

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc

Inventor： Qi Wang ,  Charles F Dominguez ,  Jarkko L Kneckt ,  Yong Liu ,  Oren Shani ,  Debashis Dash ,  Mohamed Abouelseoud ,  Yoel Boger ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Zhou Lan ,  Anuj Batra ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Jinjing Jiang

IPC: H04W74/08

CPC classification number: H04W74/0816

Abstract: Systems, methods, and mechanisms for a Probe-Before-Talk (PBT) to manage the operation of Wi-Fi multiple interfaces and/or Wi-Fi co-existence with other technologies. Further, embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods, and mechanisms for PBT setup, a PBT session, and PBT termination. The systems, methods, and mechanisms described herein may support either a wireless station or an access point as an initiator of a transmit opportunity.

公开(公告)号：US11917540B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US16403983

申请日：2019-05-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Christiaan A. Hartman ,  Qi Wang ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Yong Liu

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W40/24 ,  H04L12/18

CPC classification number: H04W52/0229 ,  H04L12/189 ,  H04W40/244 ,  H04W52/0216

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a target wake time (TWT) technique for multicast communication. For example, some embodiments relate to a method including configuring a target wake time (TWT) process for delivering one or more multicast packets to a group of electronic devices. The method further includes determining that a service period associated with the TWT process has started and transmitting, in accordance with the TWT process, the one or more multicast packets during the service period, where the one or more transmitted multicast packets are addressed to the group of electronic devices.