公开(公告)号：WO2021194583A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：PCT/US2020/065627

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： BADIC, Biljana ,  DREWES, Christian ,  HASHOLZNER, Ralph ,  KISS, Krisztian ,  LEE, Teck Yang ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  VILGELM, Mikhail ,  QAISRANI, Babar ,  VENKATARAMAN, Vijay ,  ZAUS, Robert

IPC: H04W4/50 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/2861

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) or other device performs service discovery of edge computing resources in a cellular network system and dynamic offloading of UE application tasks to discovered edge computing resources. As part of the discovery process, the device (e.g., the UE) may request edge server site capability information. When performing dynamic offloading, the UE may obtain (collect and/or receive) information regarding channel conditions, cellular network parameters or application requirements and dynamically determine whether a task of the application executing on the UE should be offloaded to an edge server or executed locally on the UE. In making decisions between offloaded or local execution, the UE may use a utility function that takes into account factors such as relative differences in application latency, energy consumption and offloading cost.

公开(公告)号：WO2021154400A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：PCT/US2020/064349

申请日：2020-12-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： O'SHEA, Helena, Deirdre ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  RIVERA ESPINOZA, Jorge, L.

IPC: G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F9/448 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/10 ,  H04L12/40 ,  H04L12/12 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/3209 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a billboard circuit (326) that stores context information received from various component circuits in an electronic device. The context information indicates an operating status of the corresponding component circuit, system or shared resources. The stored context information may be retrieved by one or more component circuits when events (e.g., turning on of a component circuit) are detected. By using the billboard circuit, a component circuit may detect changes in the operating status of other components circuits and configure or update its operations even when the changes occurred while the component circuit was asleep or disabled. The billboard circuit may monitor updating of the context information by the component circuit and initiate notification to other components circuits when certain entries of the context information is updated.

公开(公告)号：WO2019095254A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：PCT/CN2017/111533

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: APPLE INC. ,  HU, Haijing

Inventor： HU, Haijing ,  KIM, Yuchul ,  MUCKE, Christian W. ,  ZHANG, Dawei ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  SEBENI, Johnson O.

IPC: H04W8/24

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.

公开(公告)号：WO2017201388A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：PCT/US2017/033506

申请日：2017-05-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： BELGHOUL, Farouk ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  SMAINI, Lydi

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04W72/1257 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L45/306 ,  H04L45/66 ,  H04L47/27 ,  H04L47/28 ,  H04L69/166 ,  H04W28/0273 ,  H04W72/0446 ,  H04W72/1268

Abstract: A wireless device, such as a user equipment device (UE), and a base station are disclosed, which may communicate with more efficient use of dynamic transmit time interval durations to enable a faster and more efficient ramp up of TCP communications to a higher or maximum throughput. The UE may communicate uplink or downlink communications with the base station according to a first shorter TTI duration for a first period of time. After the first period of time, the UE may communicate uplink or downlink communications to the base station according to a second longer TTI duration. For the case of uplink communications, the UE may be configured to increase a congestion window size after each acknowledgement of an uplink communication received by the base station during the first period of time. For the case of downlink communications, the base station may be configured to increase a congestion window size after each acknowledgement of a downlink communication received by the UE during the first period of time.

Abstract translation: 公开了诸如用户设备装置（UE）和基站之类的无线设备，其可以更有效地使用动态发送时间间隔持续时间来进行通信，以实现更快和更有效的斜坡 使TCP通信达到更高或最大吞吐量。 UE可以根据第一较短TTI持续时间在第一时间段内与基站进行上行链路或下行链路通信。 在第一时间段之后，UE可以根据第二更长的TTI持续时间向基站传送上行链路或下行链路通信。 对于上行链路通信的情况，UE可以被配置为在每次确认基站在第一时间段期间接收到的上行链路通信之后增加拥塞窗口大小。 对于下行链路通信的情况，基站可以被配置为在每次确认UE在第一时间段期间接收到的下行链路通信之后增加拥塞窗口大小。

公开(公告)号：EP4332768A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-06

申请号：EP23190004.4

申请日：2023-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： ROESSEL, Sabine ,  RAAF, Bernhard ,  ZAUS, Robert ,  DREWES, Christian ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  HAUSNER, Josef

IPC: G06F9/50

Abstract: A primary device may run a software application requiring a compute task. The primary device may receive statistics from a set of secondary devices over wireless communication links. The statistics may include parameters associated with the compute and communication capabilities of the secondary devices. The primary device may predict, based on the statistics, an expected performance gain in distributing the compute task to the secondary devices relative to performing the compute task locally. If the expected performance gain is high enough, the primary device may distribute shares of the compute task to the secondary devices over the wireless communication links. If the expected performance gain is low enough, the primary device may perform the compute task locally. If the expected performance gain is moderate, the primary device may update the set of secondary devices and/or may update a coding and distribution scheme for the compute task.

公开(公告)号：EP3491874A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-05

申请号：EP17793749.7

申请日：2017-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： BELGHOUL, Farouk ,  FLYNN, Paul V. ,  SANGUINETTI, Louie J. ,  ADLER, Bernd W. ,  MUCKE, Christian W. ,  HAKIM, Joseph ,  DIMPFLMAIER, Ronald W. ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  SHAH, Tushar R. ,  BORGES, Daniel R. ,  RIVERA-BARRETO, Rafael L. ,  PEREZ, Cesar

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/06

公开(公告)号：WO2021055031A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：PCT/US2020/037053

申请日：2020-06-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： O'SHEA, Helena, Deirdre ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  ESPINOZA, Jorge, L. Rivera ,  ADLER, Bernd

IPC: G06F15/167

Abstract: Embodiments relate to coordinating the operations of subsystems in a communication system of an electronic device where a coexistence hub device monitors the state information transmitted as coexistence messages over one or more multi-drop buses, processes the monitored coexistence messages and sends out control messages as coexistence messages to other systems on chips (SOCs). The coexistence hub device can also update the operations of the communication system. The coexistence hub device may receive an operation policy from a central processor and may execute the operation policy without further coordination of the central processor. The coexistence hub device broadcasts the control messages as coexistence messages according to the executed operation policy.

公开(公告)号：WO2018058112A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：PCT/US2017/053459

申请日：2017-09-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： BELGHOUL, Farouk ,  FLYNN, Paul V. ,  SANGUINETTI, Louie J. ,  ADLER, Bernd W. ,  MUCKE, Christian W. ,  HAKIM, Joseph ,  DIMPFLMAIER, Ronald W. ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  SHAH, Tushar R. ,  BORGES, Daniel R. ,  RIVERA-BARRETO, Rafael L. ,  PEREZ, Cesar

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) includes a cellular processor configured to conduct wireless communications according to a first radio access technology (RAT) in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band, wherein the first RAT is a cellular RAT, the first frequency band is in an unlicensed spectrum, and the second frequency band is in a licensed spectrum. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) processor configured to conduct wireless communications according to a second RAT in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the cellular processor and the WLAN processor are configured to couple to a common antenna for communications in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the cellular processor may notify the WLAN processor when it is scanning and/or when it is assigned secondary component carriers in the first frequency band. In some embodiments, the WLAN processor may notify the cellular processor when it is transmitting. In some embodiments, the WLAN processor and/or the cellular processor may perform one or more actions in response to such notifications to improve coexistence in the first frequency band.

Abstract translation: 无线通信设备（UE）包括蜂窝处理器，该蜂窝处理器被配置为根据第一频带和第二频带中的第一无线接入技术（RAT）进行无线通信，其中第一RAT 是一个蜂窝RAT，第一个频段在非授权频段，第二个频段在授权频段。 在一些实施例中，该装置包括被配置为根据第一频带中的第二RAT进行无线通信的无线局域网（WLAN）处理器。 在一些实施例中，蜂窝处理器和WLAN处理器被配置为耦合到用于第一频带中的通信的公共天线。 在一些实施例中，蜂窝处理器可以通知WLAN处理器何时正在扫描和/或何时在第一频带中分配次要分量载波。 在一些实施例中，WLAN处理器可以在蜂窝处理器正在发送时通知蜂窝处理器。 在一些实施例中，响应于这些通知，WLAN处理器和/或蜂窝处理器可以执行一个或多个动作以改善第一频带中的共存。

公开(公告)号：WO2017117564A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：PCT/US2016/069575

申请日：2016-12-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： TABET, Tarik ,  HUSSAIN, Awais M. ,  SMAINI, Lydi ,  ELSAYED, Moustafa M. ,  MUJTABA, Syed Aon ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  DIMPFLMAIER, Ronald W. ,  ADLER, Bernd W. ,  MUCKE, Christian W.

IPC: H04W36/26 ,  H04W76/04

CPC classification number: H04W28/24 ,  H04L5/0005 ,  H04L5/0044 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W52/0235 ,  Y02D70/1224 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/168 ,  Y02D70/21 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/26

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and/or additional optimization requirements. The UE device may communicate with a cellular base station according to a first mode of operation associated with the new device category, and may switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a second mode of operation associated with a second (pre-existing) device category in response to the link budget requirements exceeding a specified value and the quality of service requirements not being sensitive. The UE device may also switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a third mode of operation associated with a third (pre-existing) device type in response to the link budget requirement not exceeding the specified value, or the QoS requirements being sensitive and a downlink throughput requirement exceeding a specified throughput value.

Abstract translation: 用户设备（UE）可以根据满足指定的QoS（服务质量）要求的新设备类别进行通信，同时还满足指定的链路预算要求和/或附加的优化要求。 UE设备可以根据与新设备类别相关联的第一操作模式与蜂窝基站进行通信，并且可以根据与第二（预先存在的）设备类型相关联的第二操作模式切换到与蜂窝基站进行通信， 设备类别，以响应链路预算要求超过规定值并且服务质量要求不敏感。 响应于链路预算要求不超过指定值或者QoS要求是敏感的，UE设备还可以切换到与蜂窝基站进行通信，根据与第三（预先存在的）设备类型相关联的第三操作模式 并且下行吞吐量要求超过指定的吞吐量值。

公开(公告)号：EP4328749A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-28

申请号：EP23189725.7

申请日：2023-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： ROESSEL, Sabine ,  RAAF, Bernhard ,  ZAUS, Robert ,  DREWES, Christian ,  SAUER, Matthias ,  HAUSNER, Josef

IPC: G06F9/50

Abstract: A primary device may run a software application requiring a compute task. The primary device may receive statistics from a set of secondary devices over wireless communication links. The statistics may include parameters associated with the compute and communication capabilities of the secondary devices. The primary device may predict, based on the statistics, an expected performance gain in distributing the compute task to the secondary devices relative to performing the compute task locally. If the expected performance gain is high enough, the primary device may distribute shares of the compute task to the secondary devices over the wireless communication links. If the expected performance gain is low enough, the primary device may perform the compute task locally. If the expected performance gain is moderate, the primary device may update the set of secondary devices and/or may update a coding and distribution scheme for the compute task.