公开(公告)号：US11906962B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17182917

申请日：2021-02-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Han Pu ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yip Pong Herbert Wong

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G08G5/00 ,  H04W84/04 ,  B64U10/25

CPC classification number: G05D1/0022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G08G5/0095 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for tracking and/or controlling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as tracking UAV controllers (UACs) within a cellular network. A UAV/UAC may provide a cellular network with tracking information such as speed, orientation, altitude, C2 communication quality, C2 communication mode change request, measurement report, RRC status, cell ID, TAC ID, current location of the UAV, and destination of the UAV. The network may forward this information to an unmanned aerial system (UAS) traffic management system (UTM). The UTM may determine, based in part on the tracking information, whether to transfer control of the UAV from the UAC to the UTM. In some embodiments, the UAV/UAC may trigger the UTM to transfer control of the UAV form the UAC to the UTM.

公开(公告)号：US20230276291A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US17780882

申请日：2021-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rodney G. Ibrahim ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Han Pu ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/15

CPC classification number: H04W28/0252 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for UL traffic throughput enhancements in NSA deployments. A UE may determine that an UL data requirement is substantially greater than a DL data requirement. The UE may perform an UL enhancement procedure based on UL enhancement conditions. The UL enhancement conditions may include determining that a master cell group does or does not operate according to LTE, determining that UL data traffic is only carried via LTE bands or that UL data traffic is split between LTE bands and NR bands, determining that UL carrier aggregation is or is not available, and/or determining that blind secondary cell group addition is supported or is not support by a network. The UE may be configured to perform the at least one UL enhancement procedure thereby enhancing uplink throughput.

公开(公告)号：US20220232463A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17576578

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammed Sadique ,  Alosious Predeep Prabhakar ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Han Pu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Rohit R. Matolia ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Sarma Vangala

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/08

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) dedicated to an international area. The UE receives a downlink message from the NTN, where the downlink message includes a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier of a first PLMN of the NTN including an information element (IE). The IE indicates that the NTN is dedicated to an international area. Responsive to receiving the downlink message, the UE determines a current location of the UE and determines whether the current location is in the international area. The UE provides an international area notification to an access and mobility management function (AMF) servicing the UE to forward to a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE indicating whether the current location is in the international area.

公开(公告)号：US12010614B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US17576578

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammed Sadique ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Chunlei Lin ,  Han Pu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Rohit R. Matolia ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Sarma Vangala

IPC: H04W8/08 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/06

CPC classification number: H04W48/18 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) dedicated to an international area. The UE receives a downlink message from the NTN, where the downlink message includes a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier of a first PLMN of the NTN including an information element (IE). The IE indicates that the NTN is dedicated to an international area. Responsive to receiving the downlink message, the UE determines a current location of the UE and determines whether the current location is in the international area. The UE provides an international area notification to an access and mobility management function (AMF) servicing the UE to forward to a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE indicating whether the current location is in the international area.

公开(公告)号：US20240098720A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18468090

申请日：2023-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Han Pu ,  Lijie Zhang ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Lele Cui ,  Kai Zhang

IPC: H04W72/0453 ,  H04W36/24 ,  H04W72/232

CPC classification number: H04W72/0453 ,  H04W36/249 ,  H04W72/232

Abstract: A terminal may include configured to receive, from a network, multiple downlink signals. The terminal may include a processor configured to identify, from the downlink signals, at least one configuration parameter including a bandwidth part switching indicator. The processor may then identify at least one resource from a target bandwidth part indicated by the bandwidth part switching indicator. The processor may then determine a bandwidth part mismatch based on whether a signal is received using the at least one resource from the target bandwidth part.

公开(公告)号：US11678253B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17302723

申请日：2021-05-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Han Pu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16

CPC classification number: H04W48/06 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18

Abstract: A cellular network includes a first network component configured to i) identify a first session between a first data network and a user equipment (UE), wherein the first session corresponds to a first session management function (SMF), ii) receive data network access information (DNAI) from a network function, the DNAI corresponding to a second data network and iii) select a second SMF that is to be utilized for a second session between the second data network and the UE. The cellular network also includes a second network component configured to i) store a mapping between the DNAI and the second SMF and ii) transmit an indication of the second SMF to the first network component, wherein the first network component selects the second SMF based on the indication.

公开(公告)号：US20220232464A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17576679

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Han Pu ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection with a non-terrestrial network (NTN). A UE performs a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure with a public land mobile network (PLMN) of an NTN. The UE receives a NAS message from the PLMN, and the NAS message indicates that the UE is not allowed to access a core network of the NTN. The NAS message may indicate that the UE is not allowed to access the core network of the NTN because a location of the UE is unknown to the NTN, that access to the NTN is not allowed in a country in which the UE is located, or that a location of the UE is not within a country associated with the NTN. The UE modifies its PLMN search procedure responsive to receiving the NAS message.

公开(公告)号：US12143864B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US18147377

申请日：2022-12-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Han Pu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Rohit R. Matolia ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sriram Subramanian ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Wei Zhang

IPC: H04W28/24 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, integrated circuits and computer readable storage media for configuring time sensitive communications (TSC). The configuring of the TSC includes monitoring, by a user plane function (UPF), a source and destination of packets in a first protocol data unit (PDU) session of a first user equipment (UE) and in a second PDU session of a second UE, pairing a first device side TSN translator (DS-TT) port of the first UE with a second DS-TT port of the second UE when the first PDU session and the second PDU session are served by the same UPF, wherein the pairing is based on the monitoring of the first and second PDU sessions and when the first DS-TT and second DS-TT ports are paired, communicating the packets between the first UE and the second UE in a UE-UE communication without traversing the TSN.

公开(公告)号：US11937140B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17033429

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Han Pu ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Rodney G. Ibrahim ,  Yip Pong Herbert Wong ,  Jordi Agud Ruiz ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Lakshmi N. Kavuri ,  Utkarsh Kumar ,  Yifan Zhu ,  Kok Yin Chan

IPC: H04W36/14 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L69/322 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/26 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/27

CPC classification number: H04W36/14 ,  H04L43/0829 ,  H04L69/322 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W36/0069 ,  H04W36/26 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, processors, systems, and methods for performing Quality of Service handling procedures. A wireless device may establish a cellular link that provides access to a fifth generation core network. The wireless device may establish a protocol data unit session with a cellular network entity of the fifth generation core network. The wireless device may determine one or more Quality of Service flow descriptions for the protocol data unit session. The wireless device may perform one or more Quality of Service related modifications to the protocol data unit session.

公开(公告)号：US20210352558A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17241988

申请日：2021-04-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Han Pu ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Jordi Agud Ruiz ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yip Pong Herbert Wong

IPC: H04W36/32 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W48/04 ,  H04W76/25

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for pairing/unpairing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to/from UAV controllers (UACs). A UAV and/or a UAC may initiate, based on a triggering condition, a paring/unpairing of the UAV to/from a host UAC and receive, from a network, a configuration update that may confirm the paring/unpairing of the UAV to/from the host UAC. The triggering condition may include at least one of the UAV moving from a location designated as controlled by the host UAC, the UAV moving into a location in which the host UAC is restricted from controlling the host UAV, and/or the host UAC losing signaling capabilities. The configuration update may include at least one of a cause code, an identifier associated with the UAV, an identifier associated with the host UAC, an identifier associated with an unmanned aerial system (UAS).