公开(公告)号：US11937328B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17195270

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Shiva Krishna Narra ,  Sriram Subramanian ,  Madhukar K. Shanbhag ,  Sanjeevi Balasubramanian ,  Junsung Lim ,  Jia Tang ,  Galib A. Mohiuddin ,  Yu-Lin Wang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W76/28 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/02

CPC classification number: H04W76/28 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/0258 ,  H04W52/0229

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to perform millimeter wavelength communication with increased reliability and power efficiency using sensor inputs. The sensor inputs may include motion, rotation, or temperature measurements, among various possibilities. The sensor inputs may be used when performing beamforming tracking, antenna configuration, transmit and receive chain measurements and selection, and/or in any of various other possible operations.

公开(公告)号：US20240049322A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18488644

申请日：2023-10-17

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 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W88/10

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/1215 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04B7/2643 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W88/06

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：US20230397218A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18450953

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W72/23 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W52/02

CPC classification number: H04W72/23 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W52/0216 ,  H04W52/0209

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：US11737063B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17738724

申请日：2022-05-06

Applicant: Apple inc.

Inventor： Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04W72/0446 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to dynamically indicate preference for self-contained slots and slot duration by a user equipment device (UE) in communication with a base station (e.g., a gNB) using a 5G NR radio access technology. A UE may determine to send an indication to a gNB indicating a preference for self-contained slots and slot duration for downlink and/or uplink communications utilizing one or more of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and/or acknowledgement messaging (ACK/NACK) for downlink communications, and utilizing one or more of the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the PDCCH, and/or the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for uplink communications. The configuration of self-contained slots and slot duration for uplink and/or downlink may be based on one or more of average packet size, average packet rate, traffic type and UE processing capabilities.

公开(公告)号：US20230164693A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18158282

申请日：2023-01-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jia Tang ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/00

CPC classification number: H04W52/0216 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W52/0206 ,  H04W74/006

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for configuring a power savings signal in fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) networks. The wireless device may transmit, to a base station within a network, power savings requirements and receiving, from the base station, a configuration of a power saving signal, where the configuration indicates one or more functionalities of the power saving signal. The wireless device may periodically receive, from the base station, the power saving signal and interpret the power saving signal based on the configuration. The configuration of the power saving signal may be received via radio resource control signaling.

公开(公告)号：US11558929B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17683444

申请日：2022-03-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Junsung Lim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zhang ,  Galib A. Mohiuddin ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W88/06 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication using a control information monitoring framework. A wireless device may monitor a control channel for control information according to a first periodic pattern. According to the first periodic pattern, the wireless device may monitor the control channel in a specified slot during each period of the first periodic pattern. Each period of the first periodic pattern may include multiple slots. The wireless device may receive control information during a first slot. The first slot may be a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern. The control information received during the first slot may schedule a data communication. The wireless device may monitor the control channel for control information in at least one slot that is not specified according to the first periodic pattern based at least in part on receiving control information during a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20220386415A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17885316

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W76/11

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting message mapping via time and/or frequency indexing. For example, these techniques may be applied to device-to-device wireless communication. For example, device to device discovery may use message mapping via frequency indexing. A portion of the payload of a message, such as a discovery message, may be offloaded to a frequency and/or time index. A receiving device may determine the offloaded portion of the payload based on the frequency and/or time (e.g., subcarrier and/or slot) used to transmit the message.

公开(公告)号：US11457508B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-27

申请号：US16391559

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04L12/00 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W76/11

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting message mapping via time and/or frequency indexing. For example, these techniques may be applied to device-to-device wireless communication. For example, device to device discovery may use message mapping via frequency indexing. A portion of the payload of a message, such as a discovery message, may be offloaded to a frequency and/or time index. A receiving device may determine the offloaded portion of the payload based on the frequency and/or time (e.g., subcarrier and/or slot) used to transmit the message.

公开(公告)号：US11076359B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16607169

申请日：2017-06-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhu Ji ,  Ruirui Zong ,  Wenshan Pan ,  Lei Li ,  Yaoqi Yan ,  Elliot S. Briggs

IPC: H04W52/20 ,  H04W52/14 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W52/34

Abstract: A device, system, and method adaptively adjusts uplink power transmission to component carriers in carrier aggregation. The method is performed at a user equipment configured with a carrier aggregation functionality including a primary component carrier (PCC) and a secondary component carrier (SCC), the UE using a first transmit power for an uplink transmission on the PCC and using a second transmit power for the uplink transmission on the SCC. The method includes determining whether a total transmit power including the first and second transmit powers for the uplink transmission exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method includes, when the total transmit power exceeds the predetermined threshold, adjusting the first transmit power based on a connectivity parameter for the PCC. The method includes adjusting the second transmit power based on the adjusting of the first transmit power.

公开(公告)号：US11057790B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16935008

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Yang Li ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Jia Tang ,  Beibei Wang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event-based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event-based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration.