公开(公告)号：US12256454B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US17755483

申请日：2019-11-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Clive E. Rodgers ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W76/19 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W72/1263 ,  H04W72/56 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is connected to a wireless network and operates in a carrier aggregation (CA) state that includes a first connection to a primary cell and a second connection to a secondary cell. The UE determines a beam failure has occurred for one of the first connection or the second connection and initiates a beam failure recovery (BFR) operation. The BFR operation includes transmitting, to the primary cell, a BFR Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).

公开(公告)号：US12250565B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17440611

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Jie Cui ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for facilitating control messaging for multi-beam communications in 5G wireless communication systems. Nodes of a 5G network may be generate Medium Access Control Control Elements (MAC CEs) to update User Equipment (UE) with different Component Carrier (CC) settings. The MAC CEs may update a list of CCs to reduce messaging overhead and latency. For example, a MAC CE may indicate an update for a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state for a list of CCs. Similarly, a MAC CE may be used to update a spatial relation for a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set and/or a SRS resource corresponding to a list of CCs. A MAC CE may also be used to update multiple TCI codepoints having one or two TCI states in a multi-Transmission Reception Point (multi-TRP) scenario.

公开(公告)号：US20250081110A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18724985

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghaven ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: Techniques, described herein, include solutions for enabling a user equipment (UEs) to operate in a power saving mode (PSM) by performing radio link monitoring (RLM), beam failure detection (BFD), and radio resource management (RRM) based on one or more reference signals with a decreased periodicity. The reference signals may include system synchronizations blocks (SSBs), a channel state information (CSI) m signal (CSI-RSs), or a combination thereof. A base station may be configured to operate as a master cell group (MCG) node or a secondary cell group (SCG) node and may transmit reference signals with an increased periodicity to UEs in an active mode of operation while also transmitting reference signals with a decreased periodicity to UEs in a PSM.

公开(公告)号：US20250071632A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18725114

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Qiming Li ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W36/00

Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network (NW) comprising a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN), one or more messages comprising pre-configured measurement gap (pre-MG) configurations for at least one pre-MG, wherein the UE is in dual connectivity (DC) with the MN and the SN; and determining, from the pre-MG configurations, respective pre-MG statuses for the at least one pre-MG, wherein the MN comprises a master cell group (MCG) and the SN comprises a secondary cell group (SCG).

公开(公告)号：US20250055628A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18931780

申请日：2024-10-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Shu Guo ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, information indicating that a coverage enhancement mode is supported. The UE may determine whether to enter the coverage enhancement mode based on a downlink signal synchronization block (DL SSB). In response to determining to enter the coverage enhancement mode, the UE may transmit a reserved preamble to the base station to initiate random access for the coverage enhancement mode.

公开(公告)号：US12185138B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17593450

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Weidong Yang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Yang Tang ,  Jie Cui ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Fangli Xu

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/51

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) reports radio access capabilities to a network. The UE receives a request from a network for radio access capabilities of the UE, determining one or more radio access capabilities related to physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decoding by the UE, generates a message that includes the one or more radio access capabilities of the UE and transmits the message to the network.

公开(公告)号：US12177729B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US16487039

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Xu Ou ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/02 ,  H04W48/20

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting cell set based mobility. A network may provide configuration information to a wireless device, relating to a current cell and possibly to one or more other cells in one or more cell sets. The wireless device and network may take various measurements. In response to the measurements and the configuration information, the wireless device may perform a cell change to one of the other cells.

公开(公告)号：US12156114B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18494980

申请日：2023-10-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Zhibin Wu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W40/00 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20240381150A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18658297

申请日：2024-05-08

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Sigen Ye ,  Peng Cheng ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Alexander Sirotkin ,  Ping-Heng Kuo ,  Ralf Rossbach

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: A UE may coordinate the use of a low Power Wake-Up Radio (LR) and a main radio (MR) to determine a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement. The UE may enter a deep sleep state by turning off a MR and turning on a LR. The UE may measure the serving cell quality when in the deep sleep state, and enter a normal state by turning on the MR, when the serving cell quality is less than a threshold. The UE may perform a neighbor cell measurement, when in the normal state when a serving cell measurement meets a criteria.

公开(公告)号：US12137467B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17438498

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W72/30

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement of MBMS transmission reliability. A UE may receive PDCP PDUs via a PTM link from a network. The UE may determine to provide feedback regarding receipt of the PDCP PDUs, e.g., based, at least in part, on an occurrence of a triggering event. The triggering event may be configured by the network and may include the UE receiving a request for feedback from the network, the UE determining that at least one PDCP PDU is missing, the UE determining that a number of missing PDCP PDUs exceeds a threshold, and/or the UE determining that a PDCP reordering window is changing based on expiration of a PDCP reordering timer. The UE may transmit feedback associated with receipt of the PDCP PDUs. The feedback may include an indication of missing PDCP PDUs, e.g., such as an indication of a sequence number associated with missing PDCP PDUs.