公开(公告)号：US12167409B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17502422

申请日：2021-10-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. A processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a PDCCH in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. Different priorities can be determined among the PDCCH candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. Then a number of PDCCH candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the PDCCH candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the PDCCH is being satisfied. The UE can monitor a portion of the PDCCH candidates while concurrently skipping another.

公开(公告)号：US12155444B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17428491

申请日：2020-02-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Alexei Davydov ,  Gang Xiong ,  Guotong Wang

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing beam selection. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a base station, a request for a report for at least one uplink beam. In response, the embodiment generates the report for the at least one uplink beam. The report for the at least one uplink beam can include an indication that a resource corresponding to the at least one uplink beam is available for uplink beam indication. The resource can be a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource or a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource. The embodiment transmits the report for the at least one uplink beam to the base station. The embodiment then receives, from the base station, an indication that the at least one uplink beam is selectable for uplink transmission based on the report for the uplink beam.

公开(公告)号：US12114322B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17441110

申请日：2020-05-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jose Armando Oviedo ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Gang Xiong ,  Yingyang Li

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W72/542

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W72/542

Abstract: The present application relates to wireless devices, and more particularly to apparatus, systems, and methods for multiplexing Configured Grant (CG) transmissions in New Radio (NR) systems operating on unlicensed spectrum. In one embodiment, a method for signaling a wireless system is disclosed, comprising: determining, by a user equipment (UE), that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) overlaps with a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) within a PUCCH group; multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) with a CG UCI based on the determination; and transmitting, by the UE to the wireless system, the multiplexed UCI with the CG UCI.

公开(公告)号：US12095690B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17420449

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Jie Zhu ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Daewon Lee ,  Guotong Wang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453

Abstract: One or more computer-readable media (CRM) are disclosed. The CRM include instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a base station, cause the base station to: generate a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) for phase shift compensation; and transmit the PT-RS across a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using a single-carrier based waveform comprising a carrier frequency. The single-carrier based waveform may be SC-FDE or DFT-s-OFDM.

公开(公告)号：US12081346B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17429871

申请日：2020-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Salvatore Talarico ,  Gang Xiong ,  Yingyang Li ,  Carlos H. Aldana

IPC: H04L27/00 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04L1/1812

CPC classification number: H04L1/1887 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04L27/0006 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04L1/1812

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for facilitating retransmission procedures in New Radio (NR) technologies. Some embodiments are directed to a method that includes determining a contention window size (CWS) of an uplink/downlink (UL/DL) communication channel in a new radio unlicensed (NR-U) spectrum. The method also includes adjusting the CWS based on: defining a reference UL/DL burst set at a predetermined time length independent from a subcarrier spacing and partially spanning an UL/DL burst, and counting one or more code block groups (CBGs) in the reference UL/DL burst. The method further includes scheduling a retransmission of an UL/DL communication in the NR-U spectrum based on the adjusted CWS.

公开(公告)号：US12057916B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17426770

申请日：2020-02-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Qian Li ,  Gang Xiong

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/19

CPC classification number: H04B7/0695 ,  H04B7/088 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04W56/001 ,  H04W74/006 ,  H04W74/0841 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) to provide contention-based beam failure operation in a second cell (SCell), where the UE includes processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to encode a first message including a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ), wherein the BFRQ is indicative of a beam failure, and to decode a second message from a gNB, wherein the second message includes a beam failure recovery (BFR) response responsive to the BFRQ. The processor circuitry is further configured to encode a third message including a UE identification (ID) in response to decoding the second message, and to decode a fourth message from the gNB, wherein the fourth message includes collision handling for beam failure recovery by the UE. The radio front end circuitry is coupled to the processor circuitry, and the radio front end circuitry is configured to transmit the first message and the third message to the gNB, and to receive the second message and the fourth message from the gNB.

公开(公告)号：US12034531B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17414039

申请日：2020-01-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lili Wei ,  Qian Li ,  Dawei Ying ,  Gang Xiong ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Geng Wu

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W88/14

CPC classification number: H04L1/0007 ,  H04L1/0061 ,  H04L5/0083 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W88/14

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for use in a wireless network for dynamic indication of soft resource availability. Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus in an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node. The apparatus includes processor circuitry and radio front circuitry. The radio front end circuitry can be configured to receive, from a second IAB node, a slot format indicator (SFI). The SFI can include a slot format entry including a soft symbol indicating availability of a soft resource. The processor circuitry can be configured to use the slot format entry to communicate with a third IAB node, different from the second IAB node, using the soft resource as indicated by the soft symbol.

公开(公告)号：US12022463B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17441654

申请日：2020-05-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bishwarup Mondal ,  Gang Xiong ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W72/1268 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04W72/1268 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource grouping in wireless communication systems that include transmission and reception points (TRPs) are described. A described technique performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a PUCCH resource group configuration associated with TRPs, including a first TRP and a second TRP; and performing PUCCH transmissions to the TRPs in accordance with the PUCCH resource group configuration. The PUCCH resource group configuration can include a configuration for a first group of PUCCH resources associated with the first TRP and a second group of PUCCH resources associated with the second TRP.

公开(公告)号：US11963195B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17890574

申请日：2022-08-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Ajit Nimbalker ,  Hong He

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/27

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant of resources for an uplink (UL) data transmission in a random access response (RAR) message. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for the UL data transmission based on a received slot of the RAR message and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified using the various techniques described herein.

公开(公告)号：US11910398B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17903457

申请日：2022-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Gang Xiong ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Yongjun Kwak

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L1/1867 ,  H04L1/08

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L1/1887 ,  H04L1/1896 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/08

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a slot, and on a component carrier (CC) of a plurality of CCs. The PDCCH may include a total downlink assignment index (DAI) and a counter DAI for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of the PDSCH. The total DAI may indicate a total number of pairs of CCs and slots for the HARQ-ACK feedback. The UE may encode the HARQ-ACK feedback to include a bit that indicates whether the PDSCH is successfully decoded. A size of the HARQ-ACK feedback may be based on the total DAI, and a position of the bit may be based on the counter DAI.