Beamforming for dynamic cell switching

    公开(公告)号:US12207148B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US18508419

    申请日:2023-11-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The first circuitry may be operable to establish a first UE Receive (Rx) beam as being for reception of data from a first eNB. The second circuitry may be operable to process a transmission including Downlink Control Information (DCI), wherein the DCI carries an eNB cell-switching indicator. The first circuitry may also be operable to establish a second UE Rx beam as being for reception of data from a second eNB based on the eNB cell-switching indicator.

    DYNAMICALLY BEAMFORMED CONTROL CHANNEL FOR BEAMFORMED CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20220352943A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17859363

    申请日:2022-07-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods using or implementing dynamic beamforming in control channels, by transmitting downlink control channels to user equipment (UEs) in a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a downlink subframe. A first OFDM symbol of the number of OFDM symbols can be transmitted using first beamforming parameters in a first direction, and a second OFDM symbol of the number of OFDM symbols can be transmitted using second beamforming parameters different from the first beamforming parameters and in a second direction different from the first direction. The number of OFDM symbols used, as well as other parameters, can be dynamically adjusted in subsequent subframes. Other embodiments are described.

    System, method, and product for selecting timing information based on subcarrier spacing

    公开(公告)号:US11265837B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16480272

    申请日:2018-03-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: User equipment performs autonomous time adjustment that includes selecting a Timing Error Limit (i.e. Te_NR) and Maximum Autonomous Time Adjustment Step (i.e. Tq_NR) based on bandwidth (BW) and subcarrier spacing (SCS). In one embodiment, given a certain downlink BW, if the SCS=x(kHz) and the Te_NR of this SCS is N, then the Te_NR of SCS=x/2(kHz) is 2*N. Given a certain downlink BW, if the SCS=x(kHz) and the Te_NR of this SCS is N, then the Te_NR of SCS=2*x(kHz) is N/2. For example, given BW=10 MHz, if the Te_NR of SCS=30kHz is n*Ts_NR (TS_NR is the basic timing unit for NR system), then the Te_NR of SCS=60 kHz is N/2*Ts_NR, and the Te_NR of SCS=15 kHz is 2*N*Ts_NR.

    DETERMINING TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPONENT CARRIERS HAVING VARIABLE TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVALS

    公开(公告)号:US20210410094A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US16476397

    申请日:2018-02-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and architectures to determine whether carrier aggregation (CA) component carrier signals transmitted or received by a user equipment (UE) device with a primary serving cell (PCell) and one or more secondary serving cells (SCell) exceed a maximum transmission timing difference compare a relative difference of signals derived from subframe boundaries, a subslot transmission time interval (sTTI) boundary or a combination thereof, with a maximum receive timing threshold value. In the uplink, timing advance groups (TAGs) for the PCell and/SCells may be compared by the UE to a maximum transmit timing threshold value. If the maximum thresholds are exceeded, the SCell may be dropped or changed to avoid UE from exceeding its power maximums.

    Devices and Methods for Robust Measurement and Data Receiving

    公开(公告)号:US20200186263A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16787344

    申请日:2020-02-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Devices and methods of simultaneous data reception and measurement are generally described. A UE transmits to an eNB antenna capacity and receives a Beamformed Reference Signal (BRS) configuration in response. Beamformed signals from the eNB include a BRS subframe in accordance with the BRS configuration. The BRS subframe has a BRS whose structure depends on the UE antenna capacity. If the UE has a single antenna panels, neither an EPDCCH nor a PDSCH for the UE is in the BRS frame. If the UE has a single antenna panels and multiple ports or multiple antenna panels, the BRS may contain an EPDCCH or PDSCH for the UE as different ports or antenna panels may be assigned different functionality. The UE measures BRS Received Power (BRS-RP) of the BRS, transmits a BRS report based on the BRS-RP and selects an optimal beam based on BRS-RPs from BRSs of the beams.

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