公开(公告)号：US11212790B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16834908

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Li Su

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.

公开(公告)号：US10993117B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16214472

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Tianyan Pu ,  Farouk Belghoul ,  Wei Zeng ,  Wei Zhang ,  Xiaowen Wang ,  Yang Li ,  Ping Wang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Beibei Wang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Zhu Ji ,  Sunny Arora

IPC: H04W16/14 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.

公开(公告)号：US10951301B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16736557

申请日：2020-01-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jia Tang ,  Beibei Wang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Ping Wang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/36 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/32

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a UE to request a beam quality measurement procedure. A user equipment device may be configured to perform a method including performing transmitting a request to perform a beam quality measurement procedure for downlink receptions (e.g., a P3 procedure) to a base station/network entity, receiving instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure from the base station, and transmitting results of the beam quality measurement procedure to the base station. In some embodiments, transmission of the request may be response to at least one trigger condition and/or detection of a condition at the UE. The request may include an indication of a preferred timing offset. The instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure may include a schedule for the beam quality measurement.

公开(公告)号：US10863389B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16287305

申请日：2019-02-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Su ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Wei Zhang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yu Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yang Li

IPC: H04W28/26 ,  H04W28/20 ,  H04W52/28 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W8/24

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to indicate a preferred bandwidth part and duty cycle in a cellular communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a radio resource control connection. The wireless device may transmit an indication of a preferred bandwidth part, or a preferred communication duty cycle, or both, to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may select a bandwidth part, or communication duty cycle, or both, based at least in part on the indication provided by the wireless device, and may transmit an indication of the selected bandwidth part, communication duty cycle, or both, to the wireless device. The cellular base station and the wireless device may perform cellular communication using the selected bandwidth part, communication duty cycle, or both.

公开(公告)号：US10797596B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US16502752

申请日：2019-07-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Adrian K. Ong

IPC: H02M3/158 ,  H02M1/32 ,  H02M1/00

Abstract: A zero static loadline switching regulator can include a controller having an integrating outer control loop that receives a first feedback signal corresponding regulator load and a reference signal and generates an intermediate feedback signal therefrom. The control circuit can also include an inner control loop that receives the intermediate feedback signal and a second feedback signal corresponding to a load on the regulator and generates an error signal used to control switching devices of the regulator. The control circuit can also include a transient response circuit configured to boost the error signal, for a predetermined time period after and responsive to a load transient. The error signal may be boosted to an intermediate value between its saturation level and its full scale level. The intermediate value may be predetermined or may be determined responsive to the magnitude of the load transient.

公开(公告)号：US20200274751A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US15931873

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Li Su ,  Zhu Ji

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for providing synchronization sequences. A first wireless device may transmit a preamble of a device-to-device wireless communication with a second wireless device. The preamble may include a first synchronization sequence. The first synchronization sequence may include multiple repetitions of a basis sequence, multiplied by a cover code. The basis sequence may span multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols.

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：US20200044726A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16587242

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jia Tang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yu-Lin Wang ,  Sulabh Khandelwal ,  Beibei Wang ,  Zheng Zhang

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/382

Abstract: Adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity. A wireless device may include multiple antennas. A first set of antennas may be used for communication. One or more trigger conditions may be determined, and additional antennas may be activated for measurement. Based on the measurement(s), a second set of antennas may be selected and used for communication.

公开(公告)号：US10542551B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US15941073

申请日：2018-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji

IPC: H04W72/08 ,  H04B1/715 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for wireless devices to improve wireless communication technology coexistence characteristics using narrow band use awareness in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may attach to a serving cell according to a first radio access technology. A frequency range in active use by the wireless device for communication according to the first radio access technology may be determined. The frequency range may include less bandwidth than the system bandwidth of the serving cell. An indication of the frequency range may be provided from a portion of the wireless device implementing the first radio access technology to a portion of the wireless device implementing a second radio access technology. It may be determined whether to modify operation of the wireless device with respect to the second radio access technology based at least in part on the indication of the frequency range.

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.