公开(公告)号：US20190053015A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16157652

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Andreas SCHMIDT ,  Martin Hans ,  Maik Bienas

IPC: H04W4/06 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced access options for wireless access points (e.g., cellular femtocells). These access options in one embodiment include various grades or levels of private and public access to available femtocell services. Each service may be separately assigned a various access type, such that a femtocell may service multiple users both within the “closed” group authorized by the femtocell white list, and non-members. In one variant, a femtocell broadcasts enhanced system information to all terminals (regardless of member/non-member status) such that a non-CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) member terminal or UE is capable of obtaining partial service access within the femtocell. Broadcast multimedia or other services can be delivered to both CSG members and non-members, advantageously without having to establish a dedicated connection for the non-member users.

公开(公告)号：US20160007164A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-07

申请号：US14851710

申请日：2015-09-11

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Markus MUECK ,  Martin HANS ,  Maik BIENAS ,  Andreas SCHMIDT

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/06 ,  G01S5/00

CPC classification number: H04W4/025 ,  G01S5/0045 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to generate data that can be used by a receiver (e.g., UE) to resolve the contributions of individual transmitters, such as to determine its location without resort to external devices such as GPS satellites. In one embodiment, the wireless network comprises a single frequency network (SFN), and a unique base station identifier is embedded within the data, and encoded in a manner which allows the UE to calculate path characteristics (such as path latency, and Direction of Arrival) to triangulate its position. In one variant, the data encoding comprises weighting frames of data from different base stations using an orthogonal matrix. Advantageously, the encoding and embedded identifier are also transparent to legacy UE, thereby allowing for implementation with no infrastructure or UE modifications other than software. Network and user apparatus implementing these methodologies, and methods of doing business, are also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 能够使无线网络产生可由接收机（例如，UE）使用以解析各个发射机的贡献的数据的方法和装置，例如在不依赖诸如GPS卫星的外部设备的情况下确定其位置。 在一个实施例中，无线网络包括单个频率网络（SFN），并且唯一的基站标识符被嵌入数据内，并且以允许UE计算路径特性（例如路径等待时间和方向 到达）来对其位置进行三角测量。 在一个变型中，数据编码包括使用正交矩阵来加权来自不同基站的数据帧。 有利地，编码和嵌入的标识符对于传统的UE也是透明的，从而允许除了软件之外没有基础设施或UE修改的实现。 还公开了实现这些方法的网络和用户装置以及开展业务的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20150031386A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-29

申请号：US14514997

申请日：2014-10-15

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Maik BIENAS ,  Hyung-Nam CHOI ,  Andreas SCHMIDT ,  Achim LUFT ,  Markus MUECK

IPC: H04W24/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W16/18 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04W48/16 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W16/18 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W84/045 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable and optimize the simultaneous operation of several wireless femtocells having overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment of the invention, a resource allocation (e.g., time-frequency grid for an OFDM or TDMA based wireless network) governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells with overlapping coverage areas by specifying uses for resources. A resource allocation unit (RAU) entity is disclosed for managing and modifying resource allocations for femtocells. The community of femtocells can flexibly share resources according to the time-frequency grid, thereby maximizing spectral efficiency without requiring substantial network overhead.

Abstract translation: 能够和优化具有重叠覆盖区域的几个无线毫微微小区的同时操作的方法和装置。 在本发明的一个实施例中，资源分配（例如，基于OFDM或TDMA的无线网络的时间频率网格）通过指定资源的使用来管理具有重叠覆盖区域的多个毫微微小区的同时操作。 公开了用于管理和修改毫微微小区的资源分配的资源分配单元（RAU）实体。 毫微微小区的社区可以根据时间频率网格灵活地共享资源，从而最大化频谱效率，而不需要大量的网络开销。