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：US20220394807A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17891296

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：US20220393838A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17885225

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Yakun Sun ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: A wireless user equipment (UE) may employ any of various mechanisms for reporting signal quality measurements to a wireless network. The UE may impose a time delay between measurement and reporting, based on a delay parameter K. The UE may average measurements obtained at different measurement instances. The UE may employ any of various schemes for prioritizing transmission of one type of report over another, when temporal collisions occur between different types of report. The UE may employ a differential report that includes a state for indicating that a beam is not workable. The UE may employ a beam index that includes a state for indicating an invalid beam. A base station may receive a signal quality report and determine workability of a beam, e.g., by triggering a report of channel state information.

公开(公告)号：US20220346008A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17765542

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for supporting multiple discontinuous reception configurations in a carrier aggregation scenario in a wireless communication system. An indication that a wireless device supports multiple discontinuous reception configurations for carrier aggregation operation may be provided by the wireless device to a cellular base station. Configuration information for carrier aggregation operation may be received by the wireless device from the cellular base station. The configuration information may include separate discontinuous reception configurations for each of multiple cell groups.

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：US20220312520A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593527

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/106

Abstract: Systems and methods provide packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) user plane (UP) integrity protection (IP) for a user equipments (UE) and radio access network (RAN) nodes operating in Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access—New Radio dual connectivity (EN-DC). In an attach procedure, a UE may indicate a UE security capability for support of relay node (RN) PDCP UP IP used in LTE. Based on the security capability, a master e Node B (MeNB) security capability, and a secondary g Node B (SgNB) security capability, the MeNB may determine whether to use UP IP between the UE and the MeNB, the UE and the SgNB, and/or in a split bearer between the MeNB and the SgNB.

公开(公告)号：US20220312416A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593513

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Anatoliy S. Ioffe ,  Fangli Xu ,  Fucheng Wang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W72/04

Abstract: Reporting UL Tx DC sub-carrier location information may include decoding a radio resource control (RRC) message received from a base station. The RRC message may comprise a configuration for dynamically reporting uplink (UL) transmit (Tx) direct current (DC) sub-carrier location information. A change associated with at boast one previous UL Tx DC sub-carrier location may be determined to have occurred, thereby creating at least one new UL Tx DC sub-carrier location. In response to determining the change, a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) may be encoded for transmission to the base station. The MAC CE may include information corresponding to the at least one new UL Tx DC sub-carrier location.

公开(公告)号：US20220312400A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17437409

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning NIU ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yakun Sun ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W72/04

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for beam indication latency reduction via a symbol level beam sweeping configuration. A base station may receive, from a user equipment device (UE), a report associated with symbol level beam sweeping. The base station may determine a symbol level beam sweeping configuration. The symbol level beam sweeping configuration may be based, at least in part, on the report. The base station may transmit, to the UE, the symbol level beam sweeping configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20220312196A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593506

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W12/037 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L9/08

Abstract: MBS key distribution includes processing group information associated with an MB session context received from an AF. At least a portion of the group information comprises a TMGI. A plurality of session join requests received from a plurality of UEs are processed. Each of the plurality of session join requests include the TMGE and are associated with the MB session context. A request associated with the MB session context for transmission to an MB-SMF is encoded. A response associated with the MB session context received from the MB-SMF is processed. The response includes a key derived for each of a portion of the plurality of UEs using a UE ID and the TMGI. A DL NAS message and an N2 message are encoded for the plurality of UEs and a base station, respectively. The DL NAS message and the N2 message include the derived key.

公开(公告)号：US20220303254A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17598224

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  H04L9/14

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for secured user equipment communications over a user equipment relay. In some embodiments, symmetric or asymmetric encryption may be used for the secured user equipment communications.