Dynamic antenna switching
    91.
    发明授权
    Dynamic antenna switching 有权
    动态天线切换

    公开(公告)号:US09231686B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-05

    申请号:US14291769

    申请日:2014-05-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0817 H04B7/0822

    Abstract: Dynamic antenna switching based on weighted signal to noise ratio (SNR). A wireless device may include multiple antennas. SNR at each active antenna may be calculated. An antenna-specific weight may be applied to each antenna's SNR. The antenna-specific weights may further be radio specific and/or transmit or receive specific in some cases. Antenna selection (possibly just for a specific radio and/or for transmit or receive operations, depending on the specificity of the antenna weights), including potentially switching which antenna is used, may be based on the resulting weighted SNR values for each antenna. If the antenna-specific weights are radio specific and/or transmit or receive operation specific, the method may be performed multiple times with different antenna-specific weights to select antenna(s) for different radios and/or for other operations.

    Abstract translation: 基于加权信噪比(SNR)的动态天线切换。 无线设备可以包括多个天线。 可以计算每个有源天线的SNR。 天线特定权重可以应用于每个天线的SNR。 在某些情况下,天线特定权重可以进一步是无线电特定的和/或发送或接收特定的。 天线选择(可能仅适用于特定无线电和/或用于发射或接收操作,取决于天线权重的特异性),包括潜在地切换使用哪个天线,可以基于所得到的每个天线的加权SNR值。 如果天线特定权重是无线电特定的和/或发送或接收操作特定的,则可以使用不同的天线特定权重多次执行该方法,以选择用于不同无线电和/或其他操作的天线。

    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
    92.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK 审中-公开
    在无线网络中提供订阅者身份数据的方法和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150312699A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-29

    申请号:US14668843

    申请日:2015-03-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for provisioning wireless devices for operation in one or more networks. In one embodiment, a provisioning service may provide access client (e.g., Subscriber Identity Module) data to a secure element in the wireless user device. The device may be preloaded with a provisioning SIM profile. The device may use the provisioning profile to roam onto a carrier, and communicate with a provisioning service, which may present the user with a list of available wireless carriers, such as carriers that service the user's current geographic location. In response to a user selection, the provisioning service may load a SIM profile associated with the selected carrier onto the secure element. The loaded SIM profile can be used to obtain wireless service from the selected carrier. The user may add multiple SIM profiles, and/or may delete SIM profiles.

    Abstract translation: 用于为一个或多个网络中的无线设备提供操作的设备和方法。 在一个实施例中,供应服务可以向无线用户设备中的安全元件提供接入客户端(例如,订户身份模块)。 可以预先装载设备SIM配置文件。 设备可以使用供应简档漫游到载波上,并与供应服务通信,供应服务可向用户呈现可用无线载波的列表,诸如为用户当前地理位置提供服务的运营商。 响应于用户选择,供应服务可以将与所选择的载波相关联的SIM简档加载到安全元件上。 加载的SIM配置文件可用于从所选载波获取无线服务。 用户可以添加多个SIM卡配置文件,和/或可以删除​​SIM卡配置文件。

    Secure Channel Estimation Architecture

    公开(公告)号:US20250126474A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US18957144

    申请日:2024-11-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Wireless communication between two electronic devices may be used to determine a distance between the two devices, even in the presence of an otherwise-disruptive attacker. A wireless receiver system of one device may receive a true wireless ranging signal from a first transmitting device and a false wireless ranging signal from an attacker. The wireless receiver system may correlate the wireless signals with a known preamble sequence and perform channel estimation using the result, obtaining a channel impulse response for the wireless signals. The wireless receiver system may filter the channel impulse response for the plurality of wireless signals by removing at least part of the channel impulse response due to the false wireless ranging signal while not removing at least part of the channel impulse response due to the true wireless ranging signal. The receiver system may perform a wireless ranging operation using the filtered channel impulse response.

    ENHANCED AUTOMOTIVE PASSIVE ENTRY
    94.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250106587A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18975823

    申请日:2024-12-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

    Secure channel estimation architecture

    公开(公告)号:US12156029B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US17947066

    申请日:2022-09-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Wireless communication between two electronic devices may be used to determine a distance between the two devices, even in the presence of an otherwise-disruptive attacker. A wireless receiver system of one device may receive a true wireless ranging signal from a first transmitting device and a false wireless ranging signal from an attacker. The wireless receiver system may correlate the wireless signals with a known preamble sequence and perform channel estimation using the result, obtaining a channel impulse response for the wireless signals. The wireless receiver system may filter the channel impulse response for the plurality of wireless signals by removing at least part of the channel impulse response due to the false wireless ranging signal while not removing at least part of the channel impulse response due to the true wireless ranging signal. The receiver system may perform a wireless ranging operation using the filtered channel impulse response.

    Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging in dynamic environments

    公开(公告)号:US11513004B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US16536233

    申请日:2019-08-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for terahertz spectroscopy and imaging in dynamic environments. In an embodiment, a transmitter of an electronic device emits a continuous electromagnetic (EM) wave in the terahertz (THz) frequency band into a dynamic environment that includes a transmission medium that changes over time. A receiver of the electronic device, receives an EM wave reflected off an object in the environment and determines a spectral response of the reflected EM wave. The spectral response includes absorption spectra at a frequency in the THz frequency band that is indicative of a known target transmission medium. The absorption spectra of the target transmission medium and a path length of the reflected EM wave signal are used to obtain the concentration level of the target transmission medium from a reference library of known concentration levels.

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