公开(公告)号：US12245190B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17275531

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Lopamudra Kundu ,  Dae Won Lee

IPC: H04W68/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Systems and methods of increasing paging opportunities when the unlicensed band is used are described. The gNB sends an RRC message that indicates multiple monitoring occasions in a paging occasion of a paging frame. The UE monitors a monitoring occasion of a PO to determine whether a PDCCH with a P-RNTI has been received in an unlicensed band. If such a PDCCH is received, the UE decodes PDSCH information in the PDCCH to determine whether the P-RNTI is a P-RNTI of the UE. If so, the UE avoids monitoring subsequent monitoring occasions of the PO. If the PDCCH does not contain a P-RNTI, the UE continues to monitor other monitoring occasions within the PO.

公开(公告)号：US20240373461A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18778381

申请日：2024-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Youn Hyoung Heo

IPC: H04W74/0808 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/21 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory, where to configure the UE for communication of data in a New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode RRC signaling from a base station. The RRC signaling includes configuration information to configure a listen-before-talk (LBT) timer and a scheduling request (SR) prohibit timer. An LBT procedure is performed while the LBT timer is activated. An SR is encoded for transmission to the base station, based on detecting an unoccupied transmission resource within the NR-U spectrum during the LBT procedure. The SR transmission activates the SR prohibit timer. An uplink grant from the base station is decoded in response to the SR, the uplink grant received while the SR prohibit timer is activated. A buffer status report (BSR) is encoded for transmission to the base station based on the uplink grant.

公开(公告)号：US20240365417A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18765508

申请日：2024-07-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naveen PALLE ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Anthony Lee

IPC: H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30

CPC classification number: H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00692 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W36/00698

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system and method of operating a user equipment (UE) to make the new radio (NR) carrier aggregation more effective. The system and method can include at least: receiving a release message confirming release of the UE from a base station, the release message including Long Term Evolution radio access technology (RAT) frequencies and New Radio (NR) RAT frequencies; measuring during an IDLE state, the LTE RAT frequencies and the NR RAT frequencies; transmitting a resume request message to the base station, the resume request message including an indication of a measurement report available from the UE, the measurement report including frequency measurements for the LTE RAT frequencies and the NR RAT frequencies; and after a security setup with the base station, transmitting a resume complete message to the base station, the resume complete message including the measurement report with the LTE RAT frequency measurements and NR RAT frequency measurements.

公开(公告)号：US11825525B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17276080

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Youn Hyoung Heo

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W74/00

CPC classification number: H04W74/0841 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W74/006 ,  H04W74/0866 ,  H04W76/19

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a gNB, configuration information related to a 2-step random access (RA) procedure between the UE and the gNB in unlicensed spectrum. The 2-step RA procedure may include: an uplink MsgA message that includes, within a random access occasion (RO), a MsgA preamble and a MsgA payload; and a downlink MsgB message that includes, within another RO, a MsgB PDCCH and a MsgB payload. The configuration information may indicate: resources allocated for the MsgA preamble; and a mapping between the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the MsgA payload. The UE may determine the resources allocated for the MsgA payload based on the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the mapping.

公开(公告)号：US11063706B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16494544

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenting Chang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The eNB may receive, from a UE, uplink control information (UCI) that indicates a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier (HARQ ID) for a grant-less uplink (GUL) transmission by the UE during a first sub-frame. The eNB may select, from candidate HARQ IDs, a HARQ ID for a scheduled uplink (SUL) transmission by another UE in a second sub-frame after the first sub-frame. The eNB may, if the GUL transmission is successfully decoded, include the HARQ ID for the GUL transmission in the candidate HARQ IDs for the GUL transmission. The eNB may, if the GUL transmission is not successfully decoded, exclude the HARQ ID for the GUL transmission from the candidate HARQ IDs for the GUL transmission.

公开(公告)号：US10785803B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16163191

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Anthony Lee ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Wenting Chang ,  Salvatore Talarico

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/14

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe simplified RACH procedure and configuration for an eMTC system operating on unlicensed spectrum.

公开(公告)号：US12035399B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17430865

申请日：2020-02-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naveen Palle ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Anthony Lee

IPC: H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30

CPC classification number: H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/30

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system and method of operating a user equipment (UE) to make the new radio (NR) carrier aggregation more effective. The system and method can include at least: receiving a release message confirming release of the UE from a base station, the release message including Long Term Evolution radio access technology (RAT) frequencies and New Radio (NR) RAT frequencies; measuring during an IDLE state, the LTE RAT frequencies and the NR RAT frequencies; transmitting a resume request message to the base station, the resume request message including an indication of a measurement report available from the UE, the measurement report including frequency measurements for the LTE RAT frequencies and the NR RAT frequencies; and after a security setup with the base station, transmitting a resume complete message to the base station, the resume complete message including the measurement report with the LTE RAT frequency measurements and NR RAT frequency measurements.

公开(公告)号：US20210410184A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17269321

申请日：2019-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Salvatore Talarico ,  Huaning Niu ,  Anthony Lee ,  Wenting Chang

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for a user equipment (UE) device that includes one or more processors configured to determine, based on a DL signal in an LTE-TDD radio frame, that an eNB has assessed, based on a Cat-2 listen before talk (LBT) procedure, that a radio frame is valid; and in response to determining that the radio frame is valid, transmitting a UL burst within a predetermined period of time after a DL burst in the radio frame.

公开(公告)号：US20210251042A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17241586

申请日：2021-04-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeongho Jeon ,  Seau Lim ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Anthony Lee ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Joonyoung Cho ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04W88/02 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of a physical random access channel (PRACH) over physical resource blocks (PRBs) that are interlaced in an unlicensed band in an NR unlicensed (NR-U) communication. The PRBs in the PRACH can be based on an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB) of the unlicensed band in the NR-U communication. A random access channel transmission in the PRACH can then be generated by interlacing the PRBs defining the PRACH.

公开(公告)号：US11051176B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16157442

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Wenting Chang ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Anthony Lee ,  Salvatore Talarico

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B1/7143 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04J11/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, methods, and machine readable storage medium for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band. In an embodiment, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes a memory interface and a processor. The memory interface is operable to receive a configuration of a frame from a memory, the frame is to be used for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band, wherein the frame includes one or more anchor channels and one or more data channels. The processor is operable to encode uplink (UL) communication data for a base station or decode downlink (DL) communication data from the base station based on the configuration of the frame.