公开(公告)号：US12127099B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17593504

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Hong He ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W48/10 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W74/0833

CPC classification number: H04W48/10 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: A base station may restrict access by a user equipment (UE). The base station broadcasts access restrictions to one or more UE within a cell coverage area of the base station, wherein the access restrictions include one or more predetermined criteria that must be satisfied for a UE to be allowed to camp on the base station. The base station performs a random access channel (RACH) procedure to allow the UE to camp on the base station when the UE satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria.

公开(公告)号：US12120617B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17438152

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Hong He ,  Sigen Ye ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W52/36 ,  H04W74/0808

CPC classification number: H04W52/36 ,  H04W74/0808

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for CCA power signaling during COT sharing. A UE may report a maximum EIRP for COT sharing as a UE capability, e.g., for a frequency range between 52.6 and 71 gigahertz. The UE may receive a Pout value for CCA based on the UE capability and may report an actual EIRP used for CCA to acquire the COT. For configured grant COT sharing, the UE may perform a directional LBT with a specific EIRP and beam detection for a transmission burst and report a Pout value for COT sharing based on the directional LBT, e.g., via a configured grant uplink control indication. For dynamic grant COT sharing, the UE may detect that an EIRP exceeds a threshold and report a Pout value for COT sharing via a medium access control (MAC) control element. The threshold may be based on a closed loop power control setting.

公开(公告)号：US12120057B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17669915

申请日：2022-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhibin Wu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Jie Cui ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L5/0051 ,  H04L5/0042 ,  H04W64/006

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for providing a user equipment (UE) with on-demand reference signals for location related measurements of the UE. The UE can receive location assistance data from a network server, where the location assistance data includes information about a plurality of downlink reference signals that can be used to perform location related measurements by the UE. The UE can send a request to a base station for a reference signal. The reference signal is selected from the plurality of downlink reference signals of the location assistance data. Furthermore, the UE can receive the reference signal from the base station, and perform a location related measurement based on the received reference signal.

公开(公告)号：US12119895B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17593248

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Qiming Li ,  Rohit U. Nabar ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yakun Sun ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04B7/0404 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a wireless network to enable multiple-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) uplink (UL) time division multiplexed (TDMed) repetition transmission. The network may receive, from a user equipment (UE), beam measurements of downlink reference signals associated with a plurality of UL transmission beams from the UE to the multi-TRP. Based on criteria associated with the beam measurements received from the UE, the network enables the UE for the multi-TRP UL TDMed repetition transmission using the plurality of UL transmission beams. In addition, or in other scenarios, coordination is provided between the network and the UE to improve UL TDMed repetition transmissions when a UE switches between antenna panels.

公开(公告)号：US20240340934A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18614535

申请日：2024-03-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W72/40 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/25

CPC classification number: H04W72/40 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/25

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for resource allocation for contiguous resource block transmission. In one aspect, the operations can include actions of identifying a set of sub-channels that are not suitable for serving as leading sub-channels for Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) transmission, and excluding the identified set of sub-channels from a candidate set of resources.

公开(公告)号：US20240340924A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18624259

申请日：2024-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Haitong Sun

IPC: H04W72/25 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/40

CPC classification number: H04W72/25 ,  H04B7/06954 ,  H04W72/046 ,  H04W72/40

Abstract: Techniques described herein include solutions for beam management in sidelink (SL) communications. In some aspects, user equipments (UEs) operating in SL are configured with a SL beam management resource pool by a base station. The SL beam management resource pool may be used to send a beam management message, such as a beam acquisition message, a beam failure recovery message, a beam maintenance message, etc. In some aspects, a resource in the SL beam management resource pool used to transmit the beam management message is selected based on an optimal beam determined by the UE. Resource pool configurations are provided for beamed transmission and beamed receiving, beamed transmission and quasi-omni receiving, and Rx beam training.

公开(公告)号：US12113737B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17598217

申请日：2020-05-14

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

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

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 the PDSCH and PDCCH channels, when transmitting the PUSCH and PUCCH channel, and when transmitting PUSCH Msg3 during random access. 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：US12113623B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17593411

申请日：2020-08-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Sigen Ye ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback when part of a group of UEs. The UE receives a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with a group of UEs that includes the UE. The UE monitors for a signal from one of a cell on which the UE is currently camped or a cell to which the UE is currently connected that is scrambled by the RNTI and includes control information. The UE transmits HARQ feedback to the one of the currently camped cell or currently connected cell, the HARQ feedback associated with the signal and, when the signal is received, performs an operation in response to the control information.

公开(公告)号：US12107785B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17437960

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Hong He ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Weidong Yang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/23

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) coverage enhancement. A user equipment device (UE) may receive a configuration for SRS time domain bundling from a base station and may transmit, to the base station, at least one SRS transmission in accordance with the configuration. The configuration may include an indication of (and/or indicate) one or more SRS transmission occasions. The configuration may be communicated via higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling. The RRC parameter may be an SRS-ResourceSet parameter or an SRS-Resource parameter and may include a nrofSlots parameter to indicate the number of slots, where a slot may correspond to an SRS transmission occasion. The MAC CE may include at least four bits indicating the number of slots. The DCI may include at least one field indicating the number of slots.

公开(公告)号：US20240314656A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18669258

申请日：2024-05-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/15

CPC classification number: H04W36/08 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W74/0841 ,  H04W76/15

Abstract: Aspects are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for secondary cell group (SCG) addition. A wireless device may establish communication with a first base station that is comprised in a master cell group (MCG). The wireless device may receive signaling from the first base station configuring a second base station in a secondary cell group (SCG). The wireless device may establish communication with the second base station based on the signaling received from the first base station. At a first time, the wireless device may set the second base station in a deactivated state based on the signaling from the first base station configuring the second base station or establishing communication with the second base station. At a later time, the wireless device may set the second base station in an activated state and communicate with the first base station and the second base station.