DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BEAM TRACKING
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240063887A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US17890793

    申请日:2022-08-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/088 H04W72/046 H04W72/0446

    Abstract: User equipment includes one or more antennas, a receiver coupled to the one or more antennas, and processing circuitry coupled to the receiver and configured to cause the user equipment to receive downlink signals at each communication cycle using a predetermined beam in a beam time slot. Based on processed downlink signals and other relevant information the user equipment may determine a desired beam for the next communication cycle. If the desired beam is the same as the predetermined beam, the user equipment may continue using the predetermined beam at the next communication cycle. If the desired beam is different from the predetermined beam, the user equipment may switch to the desired beam at the next communication cycle. In this way, the user equipment may continue tracking a desired beam to maintain reliable data communications with a communication node.

    Device-Driven Communication Handover
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240146399A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US17948065

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/18513 H04B7/195

    Abstract: A communications system may include user equipment (UE) device, satellites, and a gateway. The UE and gateway may perform implicit handover in which the UE and gateway independently identify the same serving satellite using ephemeris data, without additional signaling overhead. The UE may also characterize its channel conditions. When insufficient, the UE may transmit an explicit handover message to the gateway via a different satellite visible to the UE. The explicit handover message may include a satellite identifier and a lock bit. The gateway may use the satellite identifier to convey wireless data with the UE via the different satellite during the next cycle. The gateway may use the lock bit to know how to perform handover away from the different cycle during subsequent cycles. In this way, the UE may direct handover, given that the gateway has no knowledge of the channel condition at the UE.

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