Electronic Devices Having Tilted Antenna Arrays

    公开(公告)号:US20230178899A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US17541699

    申请日:2021-12-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q21/0075 H01Q1/2283 H01Q1/243

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with first and second sidewalls, a rear wall, and a display. Multiple antenna panels may be used to convey radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. A first antenna panel may radiate through the display while second and third panels radiate through the first and second sidewalls. The second and third panels may be tilted at non-zero angles with respect to the sidewalls. The non-zero angles may be of opposite sign. The non-zero angles may have the same magnitude. The magnitude may be equal to 15 degrees, as one example. Tilting the panels in this way may allow the panels to collectively cover as much of a sphere around the device as possible, including out of coverage areas behind the rear wall caused by conductive material in the rear wall, without requiring additional panels to be disposed within the device.

    BEAM SELECTION REFINEMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN STATIC CONDITIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230035996A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17848564

    申请日:2022-06-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This application describes systems and processes for beam selection performance refinement in static conditions of wireless devices (e.g., user equipment UE). A data processing system of the UE is configured to perform a beam scan for testing multiple high gain candidate beams on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and link adaptation (LA) channel state information reference signal (LA-CSI-RS) while the UE is not moving and the data processing system of the UE determines that the channel is stable. The data processing system is configured to refine a given beam choice based on a determined capacity of the beams (e.g., from PDSCH signaling and/or LA-CSI-RS signals) to optimize data throughput.

    Registration management for a secondary wireless device using a primary wireless device

    公开(公告)号:US10270812B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15609999

    申请日:2017-05-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage registration for cellular services of a secondary wireless device associated with a primary wireless device are disclosed. The secondary wireless device can detect entering proximity to the primary wireless device and in response to the detecting deactivate a cellular wireless interface of the secondary wireless device to conserve battery power, and provide an indication to the primary wireless device, via a non-cellular wireless interface, to cause the primary wireless device to perform a deregistration of the secondary wireless device for cellular services. The secondary wireless device can establish connections and communicate via non-cellular wireless interfaces while within proximity of the primary wireless device. Upon leaving proximity of the primary wireless device, the secondary wireless device can activate the cellular wireless interface and register for cellular services to permit establishing connections and communicating directly with a cellular wireless network via the cellular wireless interface.

    Enhanced voice roaming for UE devices associated with a home network without SRVCC

    公开(公告)号:US09930578B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14870222

    申请日:2015-09-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a cellular network which better utilizes packet-switched (PS) voice technologies, such as VoLTE, for roaming user equipment (UE) devices. When a roaming UE associated with a home cellular carrier that does not support PS to CS handover (SRVCC) desires to make a VoLTE call, the cellular network may determine probability of such a handover during the the call. The cellular network may selectively accept or reject the packet-switched wireless voice call based on the handover probability. If the probability of handover is high, the cellular network may reject the packet-switched wireless voice and trigger the UE to fall back to a circuit-switched network and re-originate the wireless voice call on the circuit-switched network. In the case of a mobile terminated call, the cellular network may provide signaling to the UE to perform a fallback to a circuit-switched network in order to receive the mobile terminated call.

    Adaptive Throughput and Bandwidth for Enhanced Category of Mobile Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20170359829A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15496388

    申请日:2017-04-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/087 H04W72/042 H04W72/0453 H04W72/048

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and additional optimization requirements. The new device category may identify the UE device as a wearable device. According to some embodiments, LTE category M may be extended to support non-MTC operations performed by wearable devices. For example, the new device category may support UE mobility and may disallow access barring. Additional extensions may be implemented in response to an indication by the UE that the UE is implementing a specific application, such as VoLTE or a near real-time application, such as audio streaming. In some scenarios, the indication may include the UE indicating a specific QCI value. In some scenarios, the indication may include the UE attaching to a specific APN.

    Call Setup Techniques using WLAN Radio and Shared Cellular Radio

    公开(公告)号:US20170318502A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-02

    申请号:US15143217

    申请日:2016-04-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In some embodiments, a cellular baseband processor communicates wirelessly and reports cellular metrics for both a first cellular RAT and a second cellular RAT. The cellular baseband processor may be configured to tune away, for a time interval, from the first cellular RAT to monitor for communications on the second cellular RAT. In some embodiments, the cellular baseband processor is configured not to report cellular metrics during the time interval to prevent a RAT manager from setting up a connection for voice calls on a WLAN RAT during the time interval. In some embodiments another processing element the RAT manager is configured to ignore cellular metrics from the cellular baseband processor during the interval. This may reduce signal load and power consumption, in some embodiments.

    METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC TERMINATION CAUSE CODES IN TERMINATION REQUESTS
    9.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC TERMINATION CAUSE CODES IN TERMINATION REQUESTS 审中-公开
    终止请求中实施特定终止原因码的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150327326A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-12

    申请号:US14791520

    申请日:2015-07-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W76/34 H04M15/886 H04W4/24 H04W76/32

    Abstract: A method includes a wireless mobile device communicating with a wireless network via an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) interface. The wireless mobile device may receive a vendor specific network control protocol (VSNCP) packet such as a terminate-request packet, for example, that indicates the wireless network has requested a PDN disconnection. The VSNCP packet includes a cause code that indicates a reason for the PDN disconnection request. The wireless device may use the cause code to determine the reason for the PDN disconnection request. Accordingly, in response to receiving the VSNCP packet, the wireless mobile device may perform one or more operations in an effort to resolve any issues that may have caused the PDN disconnection request.

    Abstract translation: 一种方法包括经由演进的高速率分组数据(eHRPD)接口与无线网络通信的无线移动设备。 无线移动设备可以接收例如指示无线网络已经请求PDN断开的诸如终止请求分组的供应商特定的网络控制协议(VSNCP)分组。 VSNCP分组包括指示PDN断开请求的原因的原因代码。 无线设备可以使用原因码来确定PDN断开请求的原因。 因此,响应于接收到VSNCP分组,无线移动设备可以执行一个或多个操作来努力解决可能导致PDN断开请求的任何问题。

    Method for implementing specific termination cause codes in termination requests
    10.
    发明授权
    Method for implementing specific termination cause codes in termination requests 有权
    在终止请求中实现特定终止原因代码的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09084268B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-14

    申请号:US13631217

    申请日:2012-09-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W76/34 H04M15/886 H04W4/24 H04W76/32

    Abstract: A method includes a wireless mobile device communicating with a wireless network via an evolved high rate packet data (eHRPD) interface. The wireless mobile device may receive a vendor specific network control protocol (VSNCP) packet such as a terminate-request packet, for example, that indicates the wireless network has requested a PDN disconnection. The VSNCP packet includes a cause code that indicates a reason for the PDN disconnection request. The wireless device may use the cause code to determine the reason for the PDN disconnection request. Accordingly, in response to receiving the VSNCP packet, the wireless mobile device may perform one or more operations in an effort to resolve any issues that may have caused the PDN disconnection request.

    Abstract translation: 一种方法包括经由演进的高速率分组数据(eHRPD)接口与无线网络通信的无线移动设备。 无线移动设备可以接收例如指示无线网络已经请求PDN断开的诸如终止请求分组的供应商特定的网络控制协议(VSNCP)分组。 VSNCP分组包括指示PDN断开请求的原因的原因代码。 无线设备可以使用原因码来确定PDN断开请求的原因。 因此,响应于接收到VSNCP分组,无线移动设备可以执行一个或多个操作来努力解决可能导致PDN断开请求的任何问题。

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