公开(公告)号：US20240320066A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18605085

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Walter Featherstone ,  Haijing Hu ,  Mona Agnel ,  Shu Guo ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: G06F9/54

CPC classification number: G06F9/542

Abstract: The present application relates to improved methods of application instance registration in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) system, comprising, e.g.: receiving, at a MEC platform device, a registration request for a first application instance; determining, by the MEC platform device, that the first application instance is not presently registered; in response to determining that the first application instance is not presently registered, allocating, by the MEC platform device, a first application instance registration identifier for the first application instance; transmitting, by the MEC platform device, the first application instance registration identifier to the first application instance; and causing, by the MEC platform device, a first application instance registration notification to be sent to a MEC system-level management device. According to some aspects, the MEC platform device may first send a permission request to a MEC system-level management device to request permission to be able to register the first application instance.

公开(公告)号：US12052566B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17593666

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Shu Guo ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/12 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/02

CPC classification number: H04W12/041 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: An example technique for security key derivation in a wireless system includes: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) suspend message from a first node, the RRC suspend message including a first next hop (NH) chaining counter (NCC) value, entering a RRC inactive state, deriving a first node key based on the first NCC value, generating a first uplink message for transmission in the RRC inactive state based on the first node key, and transmitting the first uplink message to a node while in the RRC inactive state.

公开(公告)号：US11889308B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17593306

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Mona Agnel ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W12/069 ,  H04W12/72 ,  H04W12/041

CPC classification number: H04W12/069 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04W12/72

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for authentication and authorization in a 5G network between an edge enabler client (EEC) of a UE and an edge configuration server (ECS). The embodiment include performing primary authentication with the 5G network to obtain a KAUSF; generating a Kedge and a Kedge ID using the KAUSF and a subscription permanent identifier (SUPI); providing the Kedge and the Kedge ID to the EEC to cause it to compute a MACEEC using the Kedge and an EEC ID; and sending to the ECS an application registration request, the application registration request including the EEC ID, MACEEC, and Kedge ID.

公开(公告)号：US11765617B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US17437735

申请日：2020-04-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Huarui Liang ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W12/106

CPC classification number: H04W28/0268 ,  H04W12/106 ,  H04W28/0925 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and program products to provision a user plane (UP) security policy at a granularity level that is per data radio bearer (DRB) within a protocol data unit (PDU) session or per quality of service (QoS) flow within one or more DRB of the PDU session.

公开(公告)号：US20250168760A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18923560

申请日：2024-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Shu Guo ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Behrouz Aghili ,  Haijing Hu ,  Peng Cheng ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to establish and utilize NAS-X connections between a device and a network function of a network.

公开(公告)号：US20250081078A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18726491

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Alexander Sirotkin ,  Vivek G. Gupta ,  Shu Guo

IPC: H04W36/36 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/32 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a framework for user consent delivery and utilization in cellular communication systems. An access and mobility management function (AMF) of a network may obtain, from a user data management (UDM), user consent information via a user consent parameter included in a structured data type. The AMF may provide, to a base station of the network, the user consent information via a user consent information element. The user consent information element may be associated with at least one data type and the at least one data type may include radio link failure (RLF) information sharing consent and/or user location information sharing consent. The user consent information element may be included in any of an initial context setup request message, a user equipment (UE) context modification request message, and/or a handover request message.

公开(公告)号：US20250048192A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18263128

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Xiaoyu Qiao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Shu Guo ,  Fang Li ,  Lanpeng Chen

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for supporting voice services during roaming.

公开(公告)号：US20240406729A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18800797

申请日：2024-08-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Fangli Xu ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/67

Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate improved security establishment procedures for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) direct connections. Various embodiments are employable at or comprise User Equipment, and can initiate and/or receive V2X security establishment connections wherein a receiving UE can reject the connection based on the initiating UE's capabilities/policy and/or the initiating UE can make the final decision regarding the connection based at least on receiving security policy and capability information from the receiving UE.

公开(公告)号：US20230275717A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US17958016

申请日：2022-09-30

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 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0453

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/0453

Abstract: Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving PDSCH and PDCCH channels. The UE may use the configuration parameters to receive PDSCH and PCCCH that are coverage enhanced using time repetitions and frequency hopping. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.

公开(公告)号：US20230209329A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17439224

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W8/18

CPC classification number: H04W8/18

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for revocation and/or modification of user consent in Edge Computing (MEC). A user equipment device (UE) may determine that user consent needs to be updated. The user consent may be associated with MEC. Additionally, the UE may transmit, via an application layer of the UE, a user consent modification request to an edge application server of a network, e.g., of an edge data network. The user consent modification request may be carried in application data traffic. The user consent modification request may be indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation. The user consent modification request is indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation.