公开(公告)号：US12108291B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17593685

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0069 ,  H04W36/0058

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to performing inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurements. The UE determines whether one or more inter-RAT measurement object (MO) is configured with or without a measurement gap (MG). When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on an NR serving component carrier (CC) with the MG, the UE performs an inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether the MG is fully overlapped or partially overlapped with synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) of a target MO of the one or more inter-RAT MO. When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on the NR serving CC without the MG, the UE performs the inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether a target SSB of the target MO is within or outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the NR serving CC.

公开(公告)号：US20240297705A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US17920444

申请日：2021-12-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiang Chen ,  Jie Cui ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Qiming Li ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04W76/28

CPC classification number: H04B7/06952 ,  H04B17/328 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W56/0015 ,  H04W74/0816 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for compensating for cell identification delays that are beyond the control of the UE, in connection with standards-specified cell identification timing limits. In frequency bands including both beam sweeping and listen-before-talk (LBT) requirements, a cell identification procedure may be significantly delayed due to LBT failure at the base station and/or beam misalignment between the base station and the UE. Therefore, UE cell identification timing constraints may be dynamically adjusted to compensate for such delays. For example, the time window allowed for cell identification of a neighbor cell may be dynamically increased in response to determining that one or more SSBs were not available at the UE during an SMTC occasion. In some scenarios, if the timing increase exceeds a predetermined threshold, the UE may restart the cell identification procedure, e.g., on the same frequency layer or on a different frequency layer.

公开(公告)号：US12082028B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17439559

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Huaning Niu

IPC: H04B17/20 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W84/02 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/02 ,  H04W92/10

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04B17/252 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W36/0088 ,  H04W36/0094 ,  H04W56/0015 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W84/02 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/02 ,  H04W92/10

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: processor circuitry configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to: encode a message for transmission to a network (NW) including a UE capability information that includes an indication of whether concurrent measurement gap (MG) patterns are supported by the UE; and transmit the message to the NW.

公开(公告)号：US20240284234A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18693492

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sigen Ye ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/06964

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) includes: determining that a first set of criteria is met for relaxing an evaluation; in response to the determining that the first set of criteria is met, entering a relaxation mode in which the evaluation is performed by the UE using a relaxed evaluation period, the relaxed evaluation period longer than a normal evaluation period with which the evaluation is not relaxed; determining that a second set of criteria is met for not relaxing the evaluation; and in response to the determining that the second set of criteria is met, exiting the relaxation mode to perform the evaluation using the normal evaluation period.

公开(公告)号：US12052187B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17441068

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L5/0035 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0098

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein may better ensure efficient fine time tracking during a second cell (SCell) activation procedure by using a tracking reference signal (TRS) that is User Equipment (UE) specific. A primary cell (PCell) may provide a UE with a TRS configuration that includes a UE-specific reference signal (RS) with periodicity or aperiodicity. In response to receiving a SCell activation command from the PCell, the UE may perform cell activation with fine time tracking in accordance with the UE-specific RS. As the delay time for the UE-specific RS may be less than the delay time for a system synchronization block (SSB) from the SCell, use of the UE-specific RS may expedite the cell activation procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20240236872A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17904808

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Xiang Chen ,  Anatoliy S Ioffe ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fucheng Wang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W52/36 ,  H04W52/24

CPC classification number: H04W52/365 ,  H04W52/242

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, apparatuses, and methods for enhanced PHR reporting in support of UE antenna scaling. A wireless device, which comprises at least one antenna array each comprising a plurality of antenna elements may perform antenna scaling by activating or deactivating at least one of the plurality of antenna elements (with corresponding RF chains) of one or more antenna arrays. The wireless device may generate a power headroom (PHR) report based at least on a difference between beamforming gains obtained after the antenna scaling and before the antenna scaling. The wireless device may then send the PHR report to a base station in communication with the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20240236735A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17905231

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to measurement gap cancellation. A method for a user equipment (UE) may comprise receiving, from a network (NW) device, measurement gap (MG) cancellation information associated with a particular MG of one or more MG patterns to be used by the UE; and determining whether the particular MO shall be cancelled based on the MG cancellation information.

公开(公告)号：US20240215091A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US17906840

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W40/02

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W40/02

Abstract: A terminal may communicate through a first communication link with a first network. The terminal may include a transmitter that transmits, to a second network, a terminal capability indicating support for a measurement configuration. The terminal may include a receiver that receives, from the second network, network configuration information including a pattern for establishing a second communication link with the second network. The terminal may include a processor that, based on the pattern, establishes the second communication link with the second network while maintaining the first communication link with the first network. The network configuration information may be based on an independent frequency range (FR) measurement included in the terminal capability.

公开(公告)号：US20240155398A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18490871

申请日：2023-10-20

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuexia Song ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Rolando E. Bettancourt Ortega

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W24/08

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing a validity of an early measurement report (EMR) measurement result are described herein. A base station may configure a threshold value for EMR result validity and receive, from a user equipment (UE), a first measurement value corresponding to a first time at or before expiration of a timer associated with idle mode or inactive mode measurements. The base station receives, from the UE, a second measurement value corresponding to a second time when a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup or resume procedure starts. The base station then determines, based on a comparison of the threshold value to a difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value, whether the EMR result is valid.

公开(公告)号：US20240098606A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17765615

申请日：2021-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Xiang Chen ,  Manasa Raghavan

IPC: H04W36/32 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/32 ,  H04W36/0094 ,  H04W56/0015

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for high speed train measurements and signaling. A wireless device, comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio; wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the at least one radio, at least one Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from a cellular base station, the at least one RRC signaling at least comprises one or more information element (IE) of a group of IEs, wherein, the group of IEs at least includes a first IE indicating to enable or disable enhancement on a Secondary Cell (SCell) in Frequency Range 2 (FR2), and a second IE indicating to enable or disable enhancement on a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell); and perform enhancement on one or more corresponding cells in response to the received at least one RRC signaling, wherein, the enhancement comprises determining a reduced time period for Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS)/Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) detection and/or determining a reduced time period for intra-frequency measurements.